Income Tax Calculator Nigeria
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
Salary ₦1,519
National Housing Fund (NHF) - ₦38
Income Tax - ₦232
Pension contributions - ₦122
Total tax - ₦391
Net pay * ₦1,128
Marginal tax rate 29.3%
Average tax rate 25.8%
25.8%Total tax
74.2%
Net payThe Taxberg


₦1,128
Net pay
₦182
Tax the employer pays
₦391
Tax you pay



Total tax paid
₦573
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦182 to pay you ₦1,519. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.77 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.7% tax rate now rises to 33.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦3,159,853 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦813,679. That means that your net pay will be ₦2,346,173 per year, or ₦195,514 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.8% and your marginal tax rate is 29.3%. 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 ₦29.3, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦70.7.
Bonus ExampleA ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦707 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,535 of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nigeria tables of NG, 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.