Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦6,258
Income Tax
- ₦392
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦156
Pension contributions
- ₦501
Total tax
- ₦1,049
Net pay
* ₦5,209
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦5,209
Net pay
₦751
Tax the employer pays
₦1,049
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦1,800
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦751 to pay you ₦6,258. 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 ₦75,096 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦12,590. That means that your net pay will be ₦62,506 per year, or ₦5,209 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 73912
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 68586
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 74345
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 72843
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 71341
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 70965
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 70590
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 70035
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 69464
7.5%
7
Senegal
NGN 66187
11.9%
8
Cameroon
NGN 63360
15.6%
9
Nigeria
NGN 62506
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 51253
31.8%
11
Kenya
NGN 20540
72.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 75096
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 75097
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 71341
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 71339
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 69839
7.0%
5
Bahrain
NGN 69107
8.0%
6
Oman
NGN 69096
8.0%
7
Kuwait
NGN 66852
11.0%
8
Israel
NGN 65219
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 63262
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.