Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦2,481
Income Tax
- ₦155
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦62.03
Pension contributions
- ₦198
Total tax
- ₦416
Net pay
* ₦2,065
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦2,065
Net pay
₦298
Tax the employer pays
₦416
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦714
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦298 to pay you ₦2,481. 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 ₦29,772 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦4,991. That means that your net pay will be ₦24,781 per year, or ₦2,065 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 ₦16.76, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.24.
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.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 29303
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 27190
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 29065
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 27539
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 27408
7.9%
3
Colombia
NGN 27390
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 26955
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 26917
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 26646
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 26499
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 26051
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 24711
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 24532
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 24383
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 29474
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 28879
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 28283
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 28134
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 27986
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 27765
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 27539
7.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 25119
15.6%
8
Nigeria
NGN 24781
16.8%
9
Senegal
NGN 24761
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 11822
60.3%
11
Kenya
NGN 29772
183.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 29772
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 29773
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 28282
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 28284
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 27688
7.0%
5
Oman
NGN 27403
8.0%
6
Bahrain
NGN 27411
8.1%
7
Kuwait
NGN 26523
11.0%
8
Israel
NGN 25855
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 25080
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.