Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦18
Income Tax
- ₦1.16
Pension contributions
- ₦1.44
Total tax
- ₦2.60
Net pay
* ₦15.40
Marginal tax rate
15.5%
Average tax rate
14.4%
85.6%
Net pay
14.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦15.40
Net pay
₦2.16
Tax the employer pays
₦2.60
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦4.76
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦2.16 to pay you ₦18. 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 ₦216 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦31.19. That means that your net pay will be ₦185 per year, or ₦15.40 per month. Your average tax rate is 14.4% and your marginal tax rate is 15.5%. 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 ₦15.47, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦84.53.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦845 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,227 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 216
0.0%
1
USA
NGN 201
7.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 214
0.9%
1
Angola
NGN 210
3.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 201
7.0%
3
Nigeria
NGN 185
14.4%
4
Cameroon
NGN 182
15.6%
5
Kenya
NGN 216
4,669.1%
6
Uganda
NGN 205
5.0%
7
Ghana
NGN 204
5.7%
8
Zambia
NGN 203
6.0%
9
Ivory Coast
NGN 200
7.5%
10
Senegal
NGN 216
219.9%
11
Mozambique
NGN 216
938.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 216
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 214
0.0%
2
Kuwait
NGN 218
0.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 178
0.0%
4
Oman
NGN 218
0.0%
5
United Arab Emirates
NGN 206
4.2%
6
Qatar
NGN 207
4.3%
7
Lebanon
NGN 201
7.0%
8
Israel
NGN 188
12.5%
9
Turkey
NGN 182
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.