Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦824
Income Tax
- ₦51.62
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦20.60
Pension contributions
- ₦65.92
Total tax
- ₦138
Net pay
* ₦686
Marginal tax rate
16.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦686
Net pay
₦98.88
Tax the employer pays
₦138
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦237
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦98.88 to pay you ₦824. 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 ₦9,888 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,658. That means that your net pay will be ₦8,230 per year, or ₦686 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 9732
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 9024
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NGN 9888
0.0%
1
Singapore
NGN 9889
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
NGN 9888
0.0%
3
Thailand
NGN 9394
5.0%
4
Malaysia
NGN 9209
6.9%
5
Indonesia
NGN 9018
8.8%
6
Taiwan
NGN 9013
8.9%
7
South Korea
NGN 8831
10.7%
8
New Zealand
NGN 8717
11.9%
9
India
NGN 8705
12.0%
10
China
NGN 8585
13.2%
11
Vietnam
NGN 8407
15.0%
12
Japan
NGN 8035
18.7%
13
Kazakhstan
NGN 7831
20.8%
14
Philippines
NGN 4048
59.1%
15
Pakistan
NGN 9888
182.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 9653
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 9146
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 9108
7.8%
3
Colombia
NGN 9097
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 8957
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 8939
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 8850
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 8794
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 8652
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 8207
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 8148
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 8098
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 9789
1.0%
1
Angola
NGN 9591
3.0%
2
Uganda
NGN 9394
5.0%
3
Ghana
NGN 9344
5.5%
4
Zambia
NGN 9294
6.0%
5
Morocco
NGN 9221
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
NGN 9146
7.5%
7
Cameroon
NGN 8343
15.6%
8
Nigeria
NGN 8230
16.8%
9
Senegal
NGN 6587
33.4%
10
Mozambique
NGN 9888
155.4%
11
Kenya
NGN 9888
551.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
NGN 9888
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
NGN 9890
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
NGN 9394
5.0%
3
Qatar
NGN 9394
5.0%
4
Lebanon
NGN 9196
7.0%
5
Oman
NGN 9105
7.9%
6
Bahrain
NGN 9078
8.1%
7
Kuwait
NGN 8786
11.1%
8
Israel
NGN 8586
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 8330
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.