Income tax calculator Nigeria
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦120,001
Income Tax
- ₦17,888
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦3,000
Pension contributions
- ₦9,600
Total tax
- ₦30,488
Net pay
*
₦89,513
Marginal tax rate
29.3%
Average tax rate
25.4%
74.6%
Net pay
25.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦89,513
Net pay
₦14,400
Tax the employer pays
₦30,488
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦44,888
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦14,400 to pay you ₦120,001. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.74 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.4% tax rate now rises to 33.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₦2,880,024 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦731,703. That means that your net pay will be ₦2,148,321 per year, or ₦179,027 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.4% 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 ₦29.30, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦70.70.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦707 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,535 of net incomes.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 2641282
8.3%
1
USA
NGN 2630591
8.7%
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.