Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦3,004
Income Tax
- ₦188
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦75.10
Pension contributions
- ₦240
Total tax
- ₦504
Net pay
* ₦2,500
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦2,500
Net pay
₦360
Tax the employer pays
₦504
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦864
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦360 to pay you ₦3,004. 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 ₦36,048 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦6,043. That means that your net pay will be ₦30,005 per year, or ₦2,500 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.
Compare average tax
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 35478
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 32926
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NGN 36053
0.0%
1
Singapore
NGN 36045
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
NGN 36048
0.0%
3
Thailand
NGN 34245
5.0%
4
Indonesia
NGN 32876
8.8%
5
Taiwan
NGN 32857
8.9%
6
South Korea
NGN 32195
10.7%
7
New Zealand
NGN 31757
11.9%
8
India
NGN 31725
12.0%
9
China
NGN 31296
13.2%
10
Vietnam
NGN 30650
15.0%
11
Malaysia
NGN 30557
15.2%
12
Japan
NGN 29292
18.7%
13
Kazakhstan
NGN 28550
20.8%
14
Pakistan
NGN 17962
50.2%
15
Philippines
NGN 14759
59.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 35192
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 33344
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 33178
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 33164
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 32641
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 32590
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 32263
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 32077
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 31540
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 29920
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 29704
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 29523
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 35687
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 34967
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 34246
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 34065
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 33885
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 33619
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 33344
7.5%
7
Senegal
NGN 30497
15.4%
8
Cameroon
NGN 30414
15.6%
9
Nigeria
NGN 30005
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 17282
52.1%
11
Kenya
NGN 36048
151.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 36048
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 36046
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 34246
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 34245
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 33525
7.0%
5
Oman
NGN 33154
8.0%
6
Bahrain
NGN 33152
8.0%
7
Kuwait
NGN 32089
11.0%
8
Israel
NGN 31306
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 30367
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.