Income Tax Calculator Nigeria
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
Salary ₦1,013,979
National Housing Fund (NHF) - ₦25,349
Income Tax - ₦100,127
Pension contributions - ₦81,118
Total tax - ₦206,594
Net pay * ₦807,385
Marginal tax rate 23.9%
Average tax rate 20.4%
20.4%Total tax
79.6%
Net payThe Taxberg
₦807,385
Net pay
₦121,677
Tax the employer pays
₦206,594
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦328,271
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦121,677 to pay you ₦1,013,979. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.24 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.4% tax rate now rises to 28.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦1,013,979 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦206,594. That means that your net pay will be ₦807,385 per year, or ₦67,282 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.4% and your marginal tax rate is 23.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of ₦100 in your salary will be taxed ₦23.9, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦76.1.
Bonus ExampleA ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦761 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,805 of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nigeria tables of NG, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.