Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦170,248
Income Tax
- ₦22,665
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦4,256
Pension contributions
- ₦13,620
Total tax
- ₦40,541
Net pay
* ₦129,707
Marginal tax rate
29.3%
Average tax rate
23.8%
76.2%
Net pay
23.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦129,707
Net pay
₦20,430
Tax the employer pays
₦40,541
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦60,971
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦20,430 to pay you ₦170,248. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.58 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.8% tax rate now rises to 32.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦2,042,976 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦486,490. That means that your net pay will be ₦1,556,486 per year, or ₦129,707 per month. Your average tax rate is 23.8% 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 ₦29.29, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦70.71.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦707 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,536 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 1924677
5.8%
1
USA
NGN 1866042
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NGN 2042978
0.0%
1
Singapore
NGN 2042972
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
NGN 2042977
0.0%
3
Pakistan
NGN 2024890
0.9%
4
Thailand
NGN 1940827
5.0%
5
Philippines
NGN 1889733
7.5%
6
Indonesia
NGN 1870729
8.4%
7
Taiwan
NGN 1862152
8.9%
8
South Korea
NGN 1824610
10.7%
9
New Zealand
NGN 1800064
11.9%
10
India
NGN 1797819
12.0%
11
Malaysia
NGN 1793573
12.2%
12
China
NGN 1773609
13.2%
13
Vietnam
NGN 1737040
15.0%
14
Japan
NGN 1660093
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
NGN 1618037
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 1994456
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 1889753
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 1880568
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 1879538
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 1849923
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 1847086
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 1828464
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 1818241
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 1787606
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 1695670
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 1683412
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 1673197
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 2022546
1.0%
1
Zambia
NGN 1920397
6.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 1905279
6.7%
3
Uganda
NGN 1833584
10.3%
4
Ivory Coast
NGN 1833665
10.3%
5
Kenya
NGN 1784659
12.6%
6
Senegal
NGN 1767167
13.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 1723700
15.6%
8
Mozambique
NGN 1716283
16.0%
9
Ghana
NGN 1700179
16.8%
10
Angola
NGN 1606628
21.4%
11
Nigeria
NGN 1556486
23.8%
12
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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.