Total tax paid
€ 19,465
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 1,188 to pay you € 45,692. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 4.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40% tax rate now rises to 41.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.