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45% tax

That's not the employer tax rate.

They pay like 13% national insurance.

The rest of the tax is paid by the employee. And the 45% rate is only on any earnings OVER £150k. So the money eart less than that is at lower rates.

60% between 100k and 125k, then 40% to 150k, then 45% beyond that. Which is weird and hidden behind incrementally removing the 'personal allowance'.

Threshold is probably 100 + (personal allowance)*2 where that was 12.5ish last I looked.

Also some state support (childcare maybe?) evaporates at 100, which is fairly similar to another tax.