Total tax paid
€ 1,564
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 658 to pay you € 2,919. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 5.36 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31% tax rate now rises to 43.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.7% higher than what it seemed at first.