Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
S$1,144
Central Provident Fund (CPF)
- S$228
Total tax
- S$228
Net pay
* S$916
Marginal tax rate
20.4%
Average tax rate
20.0%
80.0%
Net pay
20.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
S$916
Net pay
S$195
Tax the employer pays
S$228
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
S$424
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$195 to pay you S$1,144. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$3.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20% tax rate now rises to 31.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make S$13,728 a year living in Singapore, you will be taxed S$2,741. That means that your net pay will be S$10,987 per year, or S$916 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.0% and your marginal tax rate is 20.4%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of S$100 in your salary will be taxed S$20.40, hence, your net pay will only increase by S$79.60.
Bonus Example
A S$1,000 bonus will generate an extra S$796 of net incomes. A S$5,000 bonus will generate an extra S$3,980 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SGD 12,413
9.6%
1
Canada
SGD 10,514
23.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SGD 12,642
7.9%
1
Colombia
SGD 12,630
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SGD 12,431
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SGD 12,412
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SGD 12,287
10.5%
5
Panama
SGD 12,218
11.0%
6
Mexico
SGD 11,574
15.7%
7
Chile
SGD 11,312
17.6%
8
Brazil
SGD 11,279
17.8%
9
Uruguay
SGD 10,969
20.1%
10
Peru
SGD 10,820
21.2%
11
Argentina
SGD 8,914
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SGD 12,337
10.1%
1
Morocco
SGD 10,886
20.7%
2
Mozambique
SGD 10,621
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
SGD 10,403
24.2%
4
Kenya
SGD 10,286
25.1%
5
Angola
SGD 10,212
25.6%
6
Cameroon
SGD 10,154
26.0%
7
Ghana
SGD 10,081
26.6%
8
Nigeria
SGD 9,504
30.8%
9
Uganda
SGD 9,316
32.1%
10
Senegal
SGD 9,275
32.4%
11
Zambia
SGD 8,868
35.4%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Singapore, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. Income tax calculations include personal tax credit deductions. CPF calculations are determined for regular wages only, assuming there are no additional wages. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.