Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦1,414,998
Income Tax
- ₦286,608
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦35,375
Pension contributions
- ₦113,200
Total tax
- ₦435,183
Net pay
* ₦979,815
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
30.8%
69.2%
Net pay
30.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦979,815
Net pay
₦169,800
Tax the employer pays
₦435,183
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦604,983
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦169,800 to pay you ₦1,414,998. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.8% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦16,979,976 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦5,222,196. That means that your net pay will be ₦11,757,780 per year, or ₦979,815 per month. Your average tax rate is 30.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.0%. 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 ₦31.98, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦68.02.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦680 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,401 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
₦1,415,000
₦1,420,000
₦1,425,000
₦1,430,000
₦1,435,000
₦1,440,000
₦1,445,000
₦1,450,000
₦1,455,000
₦1,460,000
₦1,465,000
₦1,470,000
₦1,475,000
₦1,480,000
₦1,485,000
₦1,490,000
₦1,495,000
₦1,500,000
₦1,505,000
₦1,510,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 15359194
9.6%
1
Canada
NGN 13010756
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NGN 16979978
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
NGN 16979976
0.0%
2
Thailand
NGN 15976084
5.9%
3
Taiwan
NGN 15477078
8.9%
4
Pakistan
NGN 15464917
8.9%
5
South Korea
NGN 14946766
12.0%
6
Malaysia
NGN 14945711
12.0%
7
New Zealand
NGN 14749899
13.1%
8
Indonesia
NGN 14626142
13.9%
9
Philippines
NGN 14421041
15.1%
10
Japan
NGN 13797689
18.7%
11
Singapore
NGN 13591259
20.0%
12
Vietnam
NGN 13467783
20.7%
13
Kazakhstan
NGN 13448141
20.8%
14
India
NGN 13219243
22.2%
15
China
NGN 12093917
28.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 15278932
10.0%
1
Morocco
NGN 13497928
20.5%
2
Mozambique
NGN 13148584
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 12882726
24.1%
4
Kenya
NGN 12733945
25.0%
5
Angola
NGN 12633345
25.6%
6
Cameroon
NGN 12595204
25.8%
7
Ghana
NGN 12474396
26.5%
8
Nigeria
NGN 11757780
30.8%
9
Uganda
NGN 11529006
32.1%
10
Senegal
NGN 11478299
32.4%
11
Zambia
NGN 10986109
35.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NGN 16130977
5.0%
1
Qatar
NGN 16130976
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NGN 15621559
8.0%
3
Oman
NGN 15621584
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NGN 15281980
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 15112193
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 14747108
13.2%
7
Egypt
NGN 13197406
22.3%
8
Lebanon
NGN 13051667
23.1%
9
Turkey
NGN 9823645
42.2%
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.