Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦1,146
Income Tax
- ₦71.80
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦28.65
Pension contributions
- ₦91.68
Total tax
- ₦192
Net pay
* ₦954
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦954
Net pay
₦138
Tax the employer pays
₦192
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦330
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦138 to pay you ₦1,146. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.88 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.8% tax rate now rises to 25.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₦13,752 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦2,306. That means that your net pay will be ₦11,446 per year, or ₦954 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.8% and your marginal tax rate is 16.8%. 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 ₦16.77, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.23.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦832 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,162 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 13528
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 12563
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 13426
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 12722
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 12664
7.9%
3
Colombia
NGN 12652
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 12446
9.4%
5
Guatemala
NGN 12432
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 12308
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 12244
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 12033
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 11414
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 11332
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 11263
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 13614
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 13339
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 13064
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 12995
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 12927
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 12826
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 12721
7.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 11603
15.6%
8
Nigeria
NGN 11446
16.8%
9
Senegal
NGN 10119
26.4%
10
Mozambique
NGN 13752
115.4%
11
Kenya
NGN 13752
396.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 13752
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 13752
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 13061
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 13066
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 12789
7.0%
5
Oman
NGN 12634
7.9%
6
Bahrain
NGN 12638
8.1%
7
Kuwait
NGN 12224
11.1%
8
Israel
NGN 11944
13.1%
9
Turkey
NGN 11585
15.8%
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.