Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦487,938
Income Tax
- ₦87,476
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦12,198
Pension contributions
- ₦39,035
Total tax
- ₦138,709
Net pay
* ₦349,229
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
28.4%
71.6%
Net pay
28.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦349,229
Net pay
₦58,553
Tax the employer pays
₦138,709
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦197,262
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦58,553 to pay you ₦487,938. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.04 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.4% tax rate now rises to 36.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦5,855,256 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,664,511. That means that your net pay will be ₦4,190,745 per year, or ₦349,229 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.4% 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
₦485,000
₦490,000
₦495,000
₦500,000
₦505,000
₦510,000
₦515,000
₦520,000
₦525,000
₦530,000
₦535,000
₦540,000
₦545,000
₦550,000
₦555,000
₦560,000
₦565,000
₦570,000
₦575,000
₦580,000
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 5625431
3.9%
1
Colombia
NGN 5927704
7.3%
2
Brazil
NGN 5391869
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
NGN 5389766
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 5301941
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 5293826
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 5240454
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 5211173
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 5123347
12.5%
9
Chile
NGN 4824731
17.6%
10
Uruguay
NGN 4738884
19.1%
11
Argentina
NGN 4332648
26.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 5796703
1.0%
1
Morocco
NGN 5420851
7.4%
2
Kenya
NGN 5028336
14.1%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 4939816
15.6%
4
Cameroon
NGN 4934408
15.7%
5
Mozambique
NGN 4770079
18.5%
6
Zambia
NGN 4700643
19.7%
7
Ghana
NGN 4589751
21.6%
8
Angola
NGN 4468601
23.7%
9
Senegal
NGN 4326240
26.1%
10
Uganda
NGN 4300401
26.6%
11
Nigeria
NGN 4190745
28.4%
12
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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.