Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦67
Income Tax
- ₦4.23
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦1.16
Pension contributions
- ₦5.36
Total tax
- ₦10.76
Net pay
* ₦56.24
Marginal tax rate
16.9%
Average tax rate
16.1%
83.9%
Net pay
16.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦56.24
Net pay
₦8.04
Tax the employer pays
₦10.76
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦18.80
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦8.04 to pay you ₦67. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.81 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.1% tax rate now rises to 25.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₦804 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦129. That means that your net pay will be ₦675 per year, or ₦56.24 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.1% and your marginal tax rate is 16.9%. 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 ₦16.89, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.11.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦831 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,156 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 793
1.5%
1
USA
NGN 738
8.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 785
2.4%
1
Puerto Rico
NGN 755
6.3%
2
Brazil
NGN 743
7.6%
3
Colombia
NGN 740
8.0%
4
Guatemala
NGN 726
9.7%
5
Panama
NGN 720
10.4%
6
Ecuador
NGN 721
10.4%
7
Costa Rica
NGN 720
10.5%
8
Peru
NGN 703
12.7%
9
Argentina
NGN 667
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 662
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 658
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 804
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 804
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 763
5.1%
3
Qatar
NGN 763
5.1%
4
Bahrain
NGN 756
5.6%
5
Oman
NGN 741
5.6%
6
Lebanon
NGN 748
7.0%
7
Kuwait
NGN 709
13.3%
8
Israel
NGN 698
13.3%
9
Turkey
NGN 677
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.