Income tax calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₦844,560
Income Tax
- ₦77,382
National Housing Fund (NHF)
- ₦21,114
Pension contributions
- ₦67,565
Total tax
- ₦166,061
Net pay
* ₦678,499
Marginal tax rate
23.9%
Average tax rate
19.7%
80.3%
Net pay
19.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₦678,499
Net pay
₦101,347
Tax the employer pays
₦166,061
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₦267,408
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦101,347 to pay you ₦844,560. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.7% tax rate now rises to 28.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make ₦844,560 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦166,061. That means that your net pay will be ₦678,499 per year, or ₦56,542 per month. Your average tax rate is 19.7% and your marginal tax rate is 23.9%. 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 ₦23.93, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦76.07.
Bonus Example
A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦761 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,804 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
₦845,000
₦850,000
₦855,000
₦860,000
₦865,000
₦870,000
₦875,000
₦880,000
₦885,000
₦890,000
₦895,000
₦900,000
₦905,000
₦910,000
₦915,000
₦920,000
₦925,000
₦930,000
₦935,000
₦940,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
NGN 831221
1.6%
1
USA
NGN 771409
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
NGN 824502
2.4%
1
Brazil
NGN 781219
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
NGN 777414
8.0%
3
Colombia
NGN 776995
8.0%
4
Ecuador
NGN 764750
9.5%
5
Guatemala
NGN 763580
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
NGN 755881
10.5%
7
Panama
NGN 751651
11.0%
8
Peru
NGN 738989
12.5%
9
Argentina
NGN 700985
17.0%
10
Chile
NGN 695917
17.6%
11
Uruguay
NGN 691695
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
NGN 844561
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
NGN 802330
5.0%
2
Qatar
NGN 802331
5.0%
3
Bahrain
NGN 776997
8.0%
4
Oman
NGN 777006
8.0%
5
Lebanon
NGN 753875
10.7%
6
Kuwait
NGN 751637
11.0%
7
Egypt
NGN 745327
11.8%
8
Israel
NGN 733501
13.2%
9
Turkey
NGN 711466
15.8%
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.