Total tax paid
€ 17,787
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 1,105 to pay you € 42,481. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 4.19 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.3% tax rate now rises to 40.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.