Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦11
Income Tax
- ₦0.71
Pension contributions
- ₦0.88
Total tax
- ₦1.59
Net pay
* ₦9.41
Marginal tax rate
14.4%
Average tax rate
14.4%
85.6%
Net pay
14.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦9.41
Net pay
₦1.32
Tax the employer pays
₦1.59
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦2.91
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦1.32 to pay you ₦11. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.64 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 14.4% tax rate now rises to 23.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₦132 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦19.06. That means that your net pay will be ₦113 per year, or ₦9.41 per month. Your average tax rate is 14.4% and your marginal tax rate is 14.4%. 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 ₦14.44, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦85.56.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦856 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,278 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 132
0.0%
1
USA
NGN 117
12.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 131
0.7%
1
Angola
NGN 128
3.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 123
6.4%
3
Nigeria
NGN 113
14.4%
4
Cameroon
NGN 111
15.6%
5
Kenya
NGN 132
4,663.0%
6
Uganda
NGN 125
5.0%
7
Ghana
NGN 125
5.4%
8
Zambia
NGN 124
6.1%
9
Ivory Coast
NGN 122
7.5%
10
Senegal
NGN 132
219.9%
11
Mozambique
NGN 132
937.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 132
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 134
0.0%
2
Kuwait
NGN 109
0.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 133
0.0%
4
Oman
NGN 131
0.0%
5
United Arab Emirates
NGN 128
3.5%
6
Qatar
NGN 124
3.6%
7
Lebanon
NGN 123
7.0%
8
Israel
NGN 116
13.3%
9
Turkey
NGN 111
15.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Nigeria, 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.