PAYE / net-salary calculator
Work out your take-home pay and the PAYE your employer deducts, under the rules that took effect on 1 January 2026.
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Your pay
Rent
Enter 0 if you own your home or live rent-free.
Deductions and reliefs
8% of basic + housing + transport. Compulsory for most employees, and deductible.
2.5% of basic salary. Compulsory in the public sector, voluntary for private-sector employees — so this is off by default.
Enter your pay on the left and your take-home appears here, with every step of the calculation shown.
What changed on 1 January 2026
The Consolidated Relief Allowance is gone. In its place there is a ₦800,000 zero band and a rent relief worth 20% of your rent, capped at ₦500,000. Minimum tax on individuals is abolished, so a nil liability is now a real nil. Whether that leaves you better or worse off depends mostly on whether you pay rent — the comparison tool answers that in one number.
Common questions
- How is PAYE calculated in Nigeria in 2026?
- PAYE is worked out on your chargeable income — your pay after pension, NHF and other reliefs — using progressive bands. The first ₦800,000 of chargeable income is taxed at 0% (a zero band), and each slice above it is taxed at a higher rate up to 25%. Your employer deducts the total and remits it monthly.
- How much tax do I pay on ₦450,000 a month?
- On a salary of ₦450,000 a month (₦5,400,000 a year), with the standard 8% pension contribution, PAYE comes to about ₦57,020 a month, leaving take-home pay of roughly ₦356,980 — an effective tax rate of 12.67%.
- Is my salary taxed from the first naira?
- No. The first ₦800,000 of chargeable income sits in a zero band and is taxed at 0%. Only income above that is taxed, and then only the part in each band.
- What is take-home pay?
- Take-home pay is what actually reaches your account: your gross pay less PAYE and any statutory contributions withheld at source, such as pension and NHF. It is lower than "gross minus tax" because those contributions come out too.