Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦837,500
Income Tax
- ₦162,562
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦20,938
Pension contributions
- ₦67,000
Total tax
- ₦250,499
Net pay
* ₦587,001
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
29.9%
70.1%
Net pay
29.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦587,001
Net pay
₦100,500
Tax the employer pays
₦250,499
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦350,999
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦100,500 to pay you ₦837,500. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.19 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.9% tax rate now rises to 37.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦10,050,000 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦3,005,990. That means that your net pay will be ₦7,044,010 per year, or ₦587,001 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.0%. 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 ₦31.98, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦68.02.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦680 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,401 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
₦835,000
₦840,000
₦845,000
₦850,000
₦855,000
₦860,000
₦865,000
₦870,000
₦875,000
₦880,000
₦885,000
₦890,000
₦895,000
₦900,000
₦905,000
₦910,000
₦915,000
₦920,000
₦925,000
₦930,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 9179567
8.7%
1
Canada
NGN 8008450
20.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
NGN 9251022
8.0%
1
Colombia
NGN 9246000
8.0%
2
Ecuador
NGN 9100279
9.5%
3
Guatemala
NGN 9086355
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
NGN 8994750
10.5%
5
Brazil
NGN 8974516
10.7%
6
Mexico
NGN 8951667
10.9%
7
Panama
NGN 8944504
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 8793749
12.5%
9
Chile
NGN 8281200
17.6%
10
Uruguay
NGN 8029950
20.1%
11
Argentina
NGN 6520848
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 9665651
3.8%
1
Morocco
NGN 8848724
12.0%
2
Cameroon
NGN 8105382
19.4%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 8065137
19.8%
4
Mozambique
NGN 8000032
20.4%
5
Kenya
NGN 7929796
21.1%
6
Ghana
NGN 7562776
24.8%
7
Angola
NGN 7558177
24.8%
8
Zambia
NGN 7070673
29.7%
9
Nigeria
NGN 7044010
29.9%
10
Senegal
NGN 7027655
30.1%
11
Uganda
NGN 7024522
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NGN 9547503
5.0%
1
Qatar
NGN 9547502
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NGN 9246006
8.0%
3
Oman
NGN 9245998
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NGN 9045000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 8944493
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 8728426
13.2%
7
Egypt
NGN 7899808
21.4%
8
Lebanon
NGN 7854185
21.9%
9
Turkey
NGN 6170306
38.6%
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.