Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦162,808
Income Tax
- ₦21,266
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦4,070
Pension contributions
- ₦13,025
Total tax
- ₦38,361
Net pay
* ₦124,447
Marginal tax rate
29.3%
Average tax rate
23.6%
76.4%
Net pay
23.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦124,447
Net pay
₦19,537
Tax the employer pays
₦38,361
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦57,898
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦19,537 to pay you ₦162,808. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.56 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.6% tax rate now rises to 31.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦1,953,696 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦460,335. That means that your net pay will be ₦1,493,361 per year, or ₦124,447 per month. Your average tax rate is 23.6% and your marginal tax rate is 29.3%. 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 ₦29.30, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦70.70.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦707 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,535 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 1845936
5.5%
1
USA
NGN 1784490
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 1907296
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 1807170
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 1798378
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 1797400
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 1769075
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 1766365
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 1748558
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 1738794
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 1709485
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 1621568
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 1609846
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 1600077
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 1934159
1.0%
1
Zambia
NGN 1836474
6.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 1822017
6.7%
3
Uganda
NGN 1767616
9.5%
4
Ivory Coast
NGN 1757167
10.1%
5
Kenya
NGN 1706450
12.7%
6
Senegal
NGN 1695443
13.2%
7
Cameroon
NGN 1648372
15.6%
8
Mozambique
NGN 1643073
15.9%
9
Ghana
NGN 1630574
16.5%
10
Angola
NGN 1538113
21.3%
11
Nigeria
NGN 1493361
23.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 1953694
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 1856008
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 1856013
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 1797404
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 1797417
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 1738811
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 1696787
13.2%
7
Lebanon
NGN 1690562
13.5%
8
Egypt
NGN 1643229
15.9%
9
Turkey
NGN 1626180
16.8%
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.