Total tax paid
€ 79,426
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 19,890 to pay you € 130,000. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 6.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
53.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45.8% tax rate now rises to 53.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.