Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦87,187
Income Tax
- ₦8,705
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦2,180
Pension contributions
- ₦6,975
Total tax
- ₦17,859
Net pay
* ₦69,328
Marginal tax rate
23.9%
Average tax rate
20.5%
79.5%
Net pay
20.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦69,328
Net pay
₦10,462
Tax the employer pays
₦17,859
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦28,322
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦10,462 to pay you ₦87,187. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.5% tax rate now rises to 29.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦1,046,244 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦214,314. That means that your net pay will be ₦831,930 per year, or ₦69,328 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.5% and your marginal tax rate is 23.9%. 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 ₦23.92, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦76.08.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦761 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,804 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 1029709
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 955615
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 1021396
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 967775
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 963062
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 962544
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 947379
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 945926
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 936388
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 931164
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 915463
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 868383
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 862105
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 856874
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 1035781
1.0%
1
Uganda
NGN 990143
5.4%
2
Zambia
NGN 983469
6.0%
3
Morocco
NGN 975727
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
NGN 967776
7.5%
5
Senegal
NGN 953816
8.8%
6
Ghana
NGN 923102
11.8%
7
Kenya
NGN 908886
13.1%
8
Mozambique
NGN 893617
14.6%
9
Cameroon
NGN 882737
15.6%
10
Angola
NGN 834904
20.2%
11
Nigeria
NGN 831930
20.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 1046244
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 993931
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 993934
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 962558
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 962555
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 931183
11.0%
6
Lebanon
NGN 929716
11.1%
7
Egypt
NGN 917566
12.3%
8
Israel
NGN 908665
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 881366
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.