Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦5,934
Income Tax
- ₦372
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦148
Pension contributions
- ₦475
Total tax
- ₦995
Net pay
* ₦4,939
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦4,939
Net pay
₦712
Tax the employer pays
₦995
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦1,707
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦712 to pay you ₦5,934. 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 ₦71,208 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦11,938. That means that your net pay will be ₦59,270 per year, or ₦4,939 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.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 70079
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 65031
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 69516
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 65866
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 65534
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 65511
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 64477
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 64379
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 63731
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 63383
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 62306
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 59103
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 58675
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 58319
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 70496
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 69072
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 67648
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 67291
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 66935
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 66408
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 65867
7.5%
7
Senegal
NGN 62634
12.0%
8
Cameroon
NGN 60080
15.6%
9
Nigeria
NGN 59270
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 47871
32.8%
11
Kenya
NGN 16652
76.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 71208
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 71208
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 67647
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 67648
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 66223
7.0%
5
Bahrain
NGN 65503
8.0%
6
Oman
NGN 65524
8.0%
7
Kuwait
NGN 63359
11.0%
8
Israel
NGN 61843
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 59986
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.