Income tax calculator Nigeria
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦2,156
Income Tax
- ₦363
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦53.90
Pension contributions
- ₦172
Total tax
- ₦589
Net pay
*
₦1,567
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
27.3%
72.7%
Net pay
27.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦1,567
Net pay
₦259
Tax the employer pays
₦589
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦848
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦259 to pay you ₦2,156. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.93 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.3% tax rate now rises to 35.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₦4,484,480 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,226,137. That means that your net pay will be ₦3,258,343 per year, or ₦271,529 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.3% 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 4096084
8.7%
1
Canada
NGN 3962193
11.7%
2
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.