Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦5,528
Income Tax
- ₦346
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦138
Pension contributions
- ₦442
Total tax
- ₦927
Net pay
* ₦4,601
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦4,601
Net pay
₦663
Tax the employer pays
₦927
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦1,590
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦663 to pay you ₦5,528. 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.
Summary
If you make ₦66,336 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦11,121. That means that your net pay will be ₦55,215 per year, or ₦4,601 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 ₦16.77, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.23.
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 65286
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 60586
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 64760
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 61361
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 61055
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 61029
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 60066
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 59976
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 59371
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 59045
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 58045
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 55059
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 54661
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 54329
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 65673
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 64346
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 63019
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 62688
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 62356
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 61865
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 61361
7.5%
7
Senegal
NGN 58181
12.3%
8
Cameroon
NGN 55969
15.6%
9
Nigeria
NGN 55215
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 43632
34.2%
11
Kenya
NGN 11780
82.2%
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.