Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
S$1,211
Central Provident Fund (CPF)
- S$242
Total tax
- S$242
Net pay
* S$969
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$969
Net pay
S$206
Tax the employer pays
S$242
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
S$448
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$206 to pay you S$1,211. 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$14,532 a year living in Singapore, you will be taxed S$2,905. That means that your net pay will be S$11,627 per year, or S$969 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 13,119
9.7%
1
Canada
SGD 11,110
23.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SGD 14,532
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SGD 14,344
1.3%
2
Thailand
SGD 13,633
6.2%
3
Taiwan
SGD 13,246
8.9%
4
Pakistan
SGD 13,126
9.7%
5
South Korea
SGD 12,781
12.1%
6
Malaysia
SGD 12,718
12.5%
7
New Zealand
SGD 12,567
13.5%
8
Indonesia
SGD 12,481
14.1%
9
Philippines
SGD 12,244
15.7%
10
Japan
SGD 11,808
18.7%
11
Singapore
SGD 11,627
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SGD 11,509
20.8%
13
Vietnam
SGD 11,450
21.2%
14
India
SGD 11,209
22.9%
15
China
SGD 10,336
28.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SGD 13,384
7.9%
1
Colombia
SGD 13,369
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SGD 13,159
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SGD 13,139
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SGD 13,006
10.5%
5
Panama
SGD 12,933
11.0%
6
Mexico
SGD 12,184
16.2%
7
Chile
SGD 11,974
17.6%
8
Brazil
SGD 11,807
18.8%
9
Uruguay
SGD 11,611
20.1%
10
Peru
SGD 11,425
21.4%
11
Argentina
SGD 9,437
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SGD 12,988
10.6%
1
Morocco
SGD 11,405
21.5%
2
Mozambique
SGD 11,199
22.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SGD 10,957
24.6%
4
Kenya
SGD 10,849
25.3%
5
Angola
SGD 10,800
25.7%
6
Ghana
SGD 10,650
26.7%
7
Cameroon
SGD 10,623
26.9%
8
Nigeria
SGD 10,051
30.8%
9
Uganda
SGD 9,838
32.3%
10
Senegal
SGD 9,798
32.6%
11
Zambia
SGD 9,327
35.8%
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.