Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦3,510,000
Income Tax
- ₦736,615
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦87,750
Pension contributions
- ₦280,800
Total tax
- ₦1,105,165
Net pay
* ₦2,404,835
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
31.5%
68.5%
Net pay
31.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦2,404,835
Net pay
₦421,200
Tax the employer pays
₦1,105,165
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦1,526,365
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦421,200 to pay you ₦3,510,000. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.35 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦42,120,000 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦13,261,976. That means that your net pay will be ₦28,858,024 per year, or ₦2,404,835 per month. Your average tax rate is 31.5% 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.
Tax per income
₦1,905,000
₦1,910,000
₦1,915,000
₦1,920,000
₦1,925,000
₦1,930,000
₦1,935,000
₦1,940,000
₦1,945,000
₦1,950,000
₦1,955,000
₦1,960,000
₦1,965,000
₦1,970,000
₦1,975,000
₦1,980,000
₦1,985,000
₦1,990,000
₦1,995,000
₦2,000,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 35146769
16.6%
1
Canada
NGN 31284444
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
NGN 38081325
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
NGN 37367887
11.3%
2
Costa Rica
NGN 37314601
11.4%
3
Ecuador
NGN 36269044
13.9%
4
Colombia
NGN 35097561
16.7%
5
Panama
NGN 34627575
17.8%
6
Chile
NGN 33958179
19.4%
7
Mexico
NGN 32990277
21.7%
8
Peru
NGN 32309198
23.3%
9
Brazil
NGN 31477014
25.3%
10
Uruguay
NGN 30595115
27.4%
11
Argentina
NGN 27366347
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 33708782
20.0%
1
Mozambique
NGN 31028484
26.3%
2
Angola
NGN 30932267
26.6%
3
Kenya
NGN 30331962
28.0%
4
Ivory Coast
NGN 29535343
29.9%
5
Ghana
NGN 29531675
29.9%
6
Morocco
NGN 29305973
30.4%
7
Nigeria
NGN 28858024
31.5%
8
Uganda
NGN 27870022
33.8%
9
Cameroon
NGN 27707339
34.2%
10
Senegal
NGN 27186358
35.5%
11
Zambia
NGN 26392501
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NGN 40014003
5.0%
1
Qatar
NGN 40014002
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NGN 38750414
8.0%
3
Oman
NGN 38750389
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NGN 37907998
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 37486824
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 35744205
15.1%
7
Egypt
NGN 32052424
23.9%
8
Lebanon
NGN 31906685
24.3%
9
Turkey
NGN 24794999
41.1%
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.