Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦246,948
Income Tax
- ₦37,081
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦6,174
Pension contributions
- ₦19,756
Total tax
- ₦63,010
Net pay
* ₦183,938
Marginal tax rate
29.3%
Average tax rate
25.5%
74.5%
Net pay
25.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦183,938
Net pay
₦29,634
Tax the employer pays
₦63,010
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦92,644
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦29,634 to pay you ₦246,948. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.75 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.5% tax rate now rises to 33.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦2,963,376 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦756,121. That means that your net pay will be ₦2,207,255 per year, or ₦183,938 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.5% 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
₦245,000
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₦340,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 2711013
8.5%
1
USA
NGN 2706725
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 2892996
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 2741123
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 2727793
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 2726306
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 2683343
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 2679232
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 2652222
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 2637412
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 2592954
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 2459602
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 2441822
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 2427005
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 2933743
1.0%
1
Zambia
NGN 2785573
6.0%
2
Morocco
NGN 2763644
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 2605578
12.1%
4
Kenya
NGN 2587310
12.7%
5
Cameroon
NGN 2500260
15.6%
6
Mozambique
NGN 2471011
16.6%
7
Senegal
NGN 2447313
17.4%
8
Uganda
NGN 2445507
17.5%
9
Ghana
NGN 2417746
18.4%
10
Angola
NGN 2310438
22.0%
11
Nigeria
NGN 2207255
25.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 2963374
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 2815209
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 2815206
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 2726321
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 2726295
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 2637414
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 2573694
13.2%
7
Lebanon
NGN 2489402
16.0%
8
Egypt
NGN 2378299
19.7%
9
Turkey
NGN 2027242
31.6%
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.