Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦216
Income Tax
- ₦13.55
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦5.08
Pension contributions
- ₦17.28
Total tax
- ₦35.92
Net pay
* ₦180
Marginal tax rate
16.9%
Average tax rate
16.6%
83.4%
Net pay
16.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦180
Net pay
₦25.92
Tax the employer pays
₦35.92
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦61.84
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦25.92 to pay you ₦216. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.86 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.6% tax rate now rises to 25.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦2,592 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦431. That means that your net pay will be ₦2,161 per year, or ₦180 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.6% and your marginal tax rate is 16.9%. 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 ₦16.89, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.11.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦831 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,156 of net incomes.
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 2567
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 2514
3.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 2418
6.7%
3
Cameroon
NGN 2187
15.6%
4
Nigeria
NGN 2161
16.6%
5
Kenya
NGN 2592
2,104.8%
6
Uganda
NGN 2462
5.0%
7
Ghana
NGN 2450
5.5%
8
Zambia
NGN 2437
6.0%
9
Ivory Coast
NGN 2398
7.5%
10
Senegal
NGN 2592
103.1%
11
Mozambique
NGN 2592
556.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 2592
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 2594
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 2466
4.9%
3
Qatar
NGN 2463
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 2411
7.0%
5
Oman
NGN 2396
8.3%
6
Bahrain
NGN 2403
8.5%
7
Kuwait
NGN 2292
10.6%
8
Israel
NGN 2249
13.1%
9
Turkey
NGN 2184
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.