Total tax paid
£4,144
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £1,157 to pay you £7,688. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £5.39 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.9% tax rate now rises to 46.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.