Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦2,301
Income Tax
- ₦144
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦57.53
Pension contributions
- ₦184
Total tax
- ₦386
Net pay
* ₦1,915
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦1,915
Net pay
₦276
Tax the employer pays
₦386
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦662
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦276 to pay you ₦2,301. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.88 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.8% tax rate now rises to 25.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦27,612 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦4,629. That means that your net pay will be ₦22,983 per year, or ₦1,915 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.8% and your marginal tax rate is 16.8%. 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 ₦16.77, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.23.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦832 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,162 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 27176
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 25227
8.6%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 27336
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 26784
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 26231
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 26093
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 25955
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 25751
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 25541
7.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 23297
15.6%
8
Nigeria
NGN 22983
16.8%
9
Senegal
NGN 22787
17.5%
10
Mozambique
NGN 9943
64.0%
11
Kenya
NGN 27612
197.6%
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.