Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦4,587
Income Tax
- ₦287
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦115
Pension contributions
- ₦367
Total tax
- ₦769
Net pay
* ₦3,818
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦3,818
Net pay
₦550
Tax the employer pays
₦769
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦1,319
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦550 to pay you ₦4,587. 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 ₦55,044 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦9,228. That means that your net pay will be ₦45,816 per year, or ₦3,818 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 54172
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 50270
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 53737
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 50915
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 50672
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 50640
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 49851
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 49767
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 49264
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 48995
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 48164
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 45687
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 45356
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 45081
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 54493
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 53393
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 52292
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 52016
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 51741
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 51334
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 50916
7.5%
7
Senegal
NGN 47860
13.1%
8
Cameroon
NGN 46442
15.6%
9
Nigeria
NGN 45816
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 33808
38.6%
11
Kenya
NGN 488
99.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 55044
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 55044
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 52289
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 52293
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 51191
7.0%
5
Bahrain
NGN 50640
8.0%
6
Oman
NGN 50624
8.0%
7
Kuwait
NGN 49007
11.0%
8
Israel
NGN 47807
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 46370
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.