Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦712
Income Tax
- ₦44.61
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦17.80
Pension contributions
- ₦56.96
Total tax
- ₦119
Net pay
* ₦593
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦593
Net pay
₦85.44
Tax the employer pays
₦119
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦205
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦85.44 to pay you ₦712. 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 ₦8,544 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,432. That means that your net pay will be ₦7,112 per year, or ₦593 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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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
NGN 8539
0.0%
1
Germany
NGN 8537
0.0%
2
Austria
NGN 8537
0.0%
3
Ireland
NGN 8537
0.0%
4
Sweden
NGN 8545
0.0%
5
Norway
NGN 8545
0.0%
6
Spain
NGN 8003
6.3%
7
Italy
NGN 7753
9.2%
8
France
NGN 7717
9.6%
9
Czech Republic
NGN 7604
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
NGN 7593
11.1%
11
Russia
NGN 7433
13.0%
12
Hungary
NGN 6963
18.5%
13
Ukraine
NGN 6878
19.5%
14
Poland
NGN 6708
21.5%
15
Greece
NGN 6684
21.9%
16
Portugal
NGN 6363
25.5%
17
Finland
NGN 5917
30.7%
18
Belgium
NGN 5810
31.9%
19
Netherlands
NGN 5703
33.3%
20
Romania
NGN 4979
41.7%
21
Denmark
NGN 0
100.0%
22
Switzerland
NGN 8552
538.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 8410
1.7%
1
USA
NGN 7800
8.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 8341
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 7904
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 7884
7.8%
3
Colombia
NGN 7860
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 7733
9.4%
5
Guatemala
NGN 7726
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 7647
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 7605
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 7478
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 7092
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 7040
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 6998
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 8458
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 8288
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 8117
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 8074
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 8032
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 7969
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 7903
7.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 7209
15.6%
8
Nigeria
NGN 7112
16.8%
9
Senegal
NGN 5359
37.3%
10
Mozambique
NGN 8544
177.8%
11
Kenya
NGN 8544
638.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 8544
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 8546
0.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 8117
5.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
NGN 8115
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 7946
7.0%
5
Bahrain
NGN 7876
7.8%
6
Oman
NGN 7842
8.2%
7
Kuwait
NGN 7586
10.9%
8
Israel
NGN 7418
13.1%
9
Turkey
NGN 7197
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.