Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦8,077
Income Tax
- ₦506
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦202
Pension contributions
- ₦646
Total tax
- ₦1,354
Net pay
* ₦6,723
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦6,723
Net pay
₦969
Tax the employer pays
₦1,354
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦2,323
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦969 to pay you ₦8,077. 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 ₦96,924 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦16,249. That means that your net pay will be ₦80,675 per year, or ₦6,723 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 ₦16.76, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦83.24.
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 95393
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 88513
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 95955
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 93194
3.9%
2
Uganda
NGN 92078
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 91593
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 91109
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 90392
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 89655
7.5%
7
Senegal
NGN 86138
11.1%
8
Cameroon
NGN 81777
15.6%
9
Nigeria
NGN 80675
16.8%
10
Mozambique
NGN 70244
27.5%
11
Kenya
NGN 42368
56.3%
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.