Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦250,859
Income Tax
- ₦45,218
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦6,271
Pension contributions
- ₦20,069
Total tax
- ₦71,558
Net pay
* ₦179,301
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
28.5%
71.5%
Net pay
28.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦179,301
Net pay
₦30,103
Tax the employer pays
₦71,558
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦101,661
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦30,103 to pay you ₦250,859. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.05 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.5% tax rate now rises to 36.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦6,020,616 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,717,393. That means that your net pay will be ₦4,303,223 per year, or ₦358,602 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.5% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
₦255,000
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NGN 5499163
8.7%
1
Canada
NGN 5179721
14.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
NGN 6020612
0.0%
1
Singapore
NGN 6020618
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
NGN 6020617
0.0%
3
Pakistan
NGN 5942444
1.3%
4
Thailand
NGN 5719585
5.0%
5
Philippines
NGN 5705693
5.2%
6
Indonesia
NGN 5532258
8.1%
7
Taiwan
NGN 5487731
8.9%
8
South Korea
NGN 5371849
10.8%
9
Malaysia
NGN 5309816
11.8%
10
New Zealand
NGN 5304762
11.9%
11
India
NGN 5298142
12.0%
12
China
NGN 5182924
13.9%
13
Vietnam
NGN 5048109
16.2%
14
Japan
NGN 4892268
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
NGN 4768328
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 5763931
4.3%
1
Colombia
NGN 6079835
7.3%
2
Brazil
NGN 5542344
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
NGN 5541985
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 5451660
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 5443329
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 5388451
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 5358341
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 5268041
12.5%
9
Chile
NGN 4960988
17.6%
10
Uruguay
NGN 4857797
19.3%
11
Argentina
NGN 4256869
29.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NGN 5960410
1.0%
1
Morocco
NGN 5559827
7.7%
2
Kenya
NGN 5141773
14.6%
3
Ivory Coast
NGN 5068746
15.8%
4
Cameroon
NGN 5065304
15.9%
5
Mozambique
NGN 4897407
18.7%
6
Zambia
NGN 4794071
20.4%
7
Ghana
NGN 4706950
21.8%
8
Angola
NGN 4590504
23.8%
9
Senegal
NGN 4432731
26.4%
10
Uganda
NGN 4407309
26.8%
11
Nigeria
NGN 4303223
28.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 6020616
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 5719588
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 5719583
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 5538971
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 5538981
8.0%
5
Kuwait
NGN 5358324
11.0%
6
Israel
NGN 5228906
13.2%
7
Lebanon
NGN 4832147
19.7%
8
Egypt
NGN 4746582
21.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 3823553
36.5%
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.