Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦3,520,000
Income Tax
- ₦738,763
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦88,000
Pension contributions
- ₦281,600
Total tax
- ₦1,108,363
Net pay
* ₦2,411,637
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
31.5%
68.5%
Net pay
31.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦2,411,637
Net pay
₦422,400
Tax the employer pays
₦1,108,363
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦1,530,763
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦422,400 to pay you ₦3,520,000. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.35 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦42,240,000 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦13,300,352. That means that your net pay will be ₦28,939,648 per year, or ₦2,411,637 per month. Your average tax rate is 31.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.0%. 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 ₦31.98, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦68.02.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦680 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,401 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
₦1,905,000
₦1,910,000
₦1,915,000
₦1,920,000
₦1,925,000
₦1,930,000
₦1,935,000
₦1,940,000
₦1,945,000
₦1,950,000
₦1,955,000
₦1,960,000
₦1,965,000
₦1,970,000
₦1,975,000
₦1,980,000
₦1,985,000
₦1,990,000
₦1,995,000
₦2,000,000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
NGN 38162737
9.7%
1
Ireland
NGN 37674939
10.8%
2
United Kingdom
NGN 37188316
12.0%
3
Russia
NGN 36748800
13.0%
4
France
NGN 35966037
14.9%
5
Norway
NGN 34919477
17.3%
6
Luxembourg
NGN 34461706
18.4%
7
Hungary
NGN 34425600
18.5%
8
Austria
NGN 34194540
19.1%
9
Ukraine
NGN 34003200
19.5%
10
Spain
NGN 33812308
20.0%
11
Czech Republic
NGN 33424188
20.9%
12
Italy
NGN 30842893
27.0%
13
Germany
NGN 30534324
27.7%
14
Greece
NGN 30495719
27.8%
15
Sweden
NGN 30465935
27.9%
16
Poland
NGN 29058063
31.2%
17
Denmark
NGN 28317062
33.0%
18
Finland
NGN 27966799
33.8%
19
Portugal
NGN 27283556
35.4%
20
Netherlands
NGN 26580974
37.1%
21
Belgium
NGN 25356874
40.0%
22
Romania
NGN 24710400
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 35235550
16.6%
1
Canada
NGN 31369805
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
NGN 39815030
5.7%
1
Taiwan
NGN 37887652
10.3%
2
Thailand
NGN 37542100
11.1%
3
Australia
NGN 37164743
12.0%
4
South Korea
NGN 35474873
16.0%
5
New Zealand
NGN 35238305
16.6%
6
Pakistan
NGN 34190979
19.1%
7
Indonesia
NGN 34011112
19.5%
8
Kazakhstan
NGN 33776234
20.0%
9
Malaysia
NGN 33492473
20.7%
10
Japan
NGN 33455653
20.8%
11
Singapore
NGN 33382635
21.0%
12
Philippines
NGN 32136532
23.9%
13
Vietnam
NGN 30933489
26.8%
14
China
NGN 29611593
29.9%
15
India
NGN 27868105
34.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
NGN 38189817
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
NGN 37467789
11.3%
2
Costa Rica
NGN 37411261
11.4%
3
Ecuador
NGN 36361415
13.9%
4
Colombia
NGN 35181613
16.7%
5
Panama
NGN 34718345
17.8%
6
Chile
NGN 34052462
19.4%
7
Mexico
NGN 33072395
21.7%
8
Peru
NGN 32399499
23.3%
9
Brazil
NGN 31564013
25.3%
10
Uruguay
NGN 30676613
27.4%
11
Argentina
NGN 27444348
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 33791582
20.0%
1
Mozambique
NGN 31108135
26.4%
2
Angola
NGN 31019567
26.6%
3
Kenya
NGN 30415962
28.0%
4
Ghana
NGN 29611055
29.9%
5
Ivory Coast
NGN 29611957
29.9%
6
Morocco
NGN 29378692
30.5%
7
Nigeria
NGN 28939648
31.5%
8
Uganda
NGN 27948022
33.8%
9
Cameroon
NGN 27780401
34.2%
10
Senegal
NGN 27258358
35.5%
11
Zambia
NGN 26466301
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NGN 40128002
5.0%
1
Qatar
NGN 40128001
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NGN 38860816
8.0%
3
Oman
NGN 38860786
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NGN 38016002
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 37593624
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 35835024
15.2%
7
Egypt
NGN 32142424
23.9%
8
Lebanon
NGN 31996685
24.3%
9
Turkey
NGN 24867889
41.1%
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.