Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦211,848
Income Tax
- ₦30,483
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦5,296
Pension contributions
- ₦16,948
Total tax
- ₦52,728
Net pay
* ₦159,120
Marginal tax rate
29.3%
Average tax rate
24.9%
75.1%
Net pay
24.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦159,120
Net pay
₦25,422
Tax the employer pays
₦52,728
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦78,149
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦25,422 to pay you ₦211,848. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.9% tax rate now rises to 32.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦2,542,176 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦632,730. That means that your net pay will be ₦1,909,446 per year, or ₦159,120 per month. Your average tax rate is 24.9% 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
₦215,000
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₦310,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 2358646
7.2%
1
USA
NGN 2321993
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 2481799
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 2351511
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 2340075
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 2338802
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 2301932
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 2298419
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 2275248
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 2262541
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 2224404
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 2110006
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 2094753
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 2082042
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 2516755
1.0%
1
Zambia
NGN 2389645
6.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 2370833
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 2257261
11.2%
4
Kenya
NGN 2220727
12.6%
5
Uganda
NGN 2176445
14.4%
6
Senegal
NGN 2147762
15.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 2144885
15.6%
8
Mozambique
NGN 2125627
16.4%
9
Ghana
NGN 2089368
17.8%
10
Angola
NGN 1989725
21.7%
11
Nigeria
NGN 1909446
24.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 2542175
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 2415065
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 2415065
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 2338824
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 2338816
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 2262550
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 2207880
13.2%
7
Lebanon
NGN 2156654
15.2%
8
Turkey
NGN 2092498
17.7%
9
Egypt
NGN 2078405
18.2%
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.