Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦446,538
Income Tax
- ₦78,583
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦11,163
Pension contributions
- ₦35,723
Total tax
- ₦125,470
Net pay
* ₦321,068
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
28.1%
71.9%
Net pay
28.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦321,068
Net pay
₦53,585
Tax the employer pays
₦125,470
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦179,054
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦53,585 to pay you ₦446,538. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.01 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.1% tax rate now rises to 35.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦5,358,456 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,505,634. That means that your net pay will be ₦3,852,822 per year, or ₦321,068 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.1% 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
₦445,000
₦450,000
₦455,000
₦460,000
₦465,000
₦470,000
₦475,000
₦480,000
₦485,000
₦490,000
₦495,000
₦500,000
₦505,000
₦510,000
₦515,000
₦520,000
₦525,000
₦530,000
₦535,000
₦540,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 4894364
8.7%
1
Canada
NGN 4658769
13.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NGN 5358459
0.0%
1
Singapore
NGN 5358461
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
NGN 5358457
0.0%
3
Pakistan
NGN 5296838
1.2%
4
Thailand
NGN 5090533
5.0%
5
Philippines
NGN 5056535
5.6%
6
Indonesia
NGN 4925715
8.1%
7
Taiwan
NGN 4884179
8.9%
8
South Korea
NGN 4785711
10.7%
9
Malaysia
NGN 4724934
11.8%
10
New Zealand
NGN 4721337
11.9%
11
India
NGN 4715441
12.0%
12
China
NGN 4651944
13.2%
13
Vietnam
NGN 4514739
15.8%
14
Japan
NGN 4354206
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
NGN 4243897
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 5203040
2.9%
1
Colombia
NGN 5470648
7.3%
2
Brazil
NGN 4939781
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
NGN 4932456
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 4852078
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 4844661
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 4795818
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 4769033
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 4688648
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 4447518
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 4415368
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 4381624
18.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 5304871
1.0%
1
Morocco
NGN 4974294
7.2%
2
Kenya
NGN 4607523
14.0%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 4552792
15.0%
4
Cameroon
NGN 4520924
15.6%
5
Zambia
NGN 4419951
17.5%
6
Mozambique
NGN 4387543
18.1%
7
Ghana
NGN 4237644
20.9%
8
Angola
NGN 4102315
23.4%
9
Senegal
NGN 4022994
24.9%
10
Uganda
NGN 3979212
25.7%
11
Nigeria
NGN 3852822
28.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 5358454
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 5090533
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 5090534
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 4929779
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 4929793
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 4769043
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 4653818
13.2%
7
Lebanon
NGN 4335527
19.1%
8
Egypt
NGN 4216854
21.3%
9
Turkey
NGN 3437904
35.8%
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.