Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
S$1,495
Central Provident Fund (CPF)
- S$299
Total tax
- S$299
Net pay
* S$1,196
Marginal tax rate
19.9%
Average tax rate
20.0%
80.0%
Net pay
20.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
S$1,196
Net pay
S$254
Tax the employer pays
S$299
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
S$553
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$254 to pay you S$1,495. 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$17,940 a year living in Singapore, you will be taxed S$3,588. That means that your net pay will be S$14,352 per year, or S$1,196 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.0% and your marginal tax rate is 19.9%. 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$19.92, hence, your net pay will only increase by S$80.08.
Bonus Example
A S$1,000 bonus will generate an extra S$801 of net incomes. A S$5,000 bonus will generate an extra S$4,004 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SGD 16,052
10.5%
1
Canada
SGD 13,637
24.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SGD 16,447
8.3%
1
Guatemala
SGD 16,220
9.6%
2
Ecuador
SGD 16,189
9.8%
3
Colombia
SGD 16,182
9.8%
4
Costa Rica
SGD 16,056
10.5%
5
Panama
SGD 15,777
12.1%
6
Mexico
SGD 14,769
17.7%
7
Chile
SGD 14,712
18.0%
8
Uruguay
SGD 14,290
20.4%
9
Peru
SGD 13,990
22.0%
10
Brazil
SGD 13,943
22.3%
11
Argentina
SGD 11,652
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SGD 15,675
12.6%
1
Mozambique
SGD 13,653
23.9%
2
Morocco
SGD 13,603
24.2%
3
Angola
SGD 13,283
26.0%
4
Ivory Coast
SGD 13,254
26.1%
5
Kenya
SGD 13,235
26.2%
6
Ghana
SGD 13,066
27.2%
7
Cameroon
SGD 12,610
29.7%
8
Nigeria
SGD 12,369
31.1%
9
Uganda
SGD 12,054
32.8%
10
Senegal
SGD 11,989
33.2%
11
Zambia
SGD 11,423
36.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SGD 17,043
5.0%
1
Qatar
SGD 17,043
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SGD 16,505
8.0%
3
Oman
SGD 16,505
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SGD 16,146
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SGD 15,967
11.0%
6
Israel
SGD 15,581
13.2%
7
Egypt
SGD 13,824
22.9%
8
Lebanon
SGD 13,708
23.6%
9
Turkey
SGD 9,889
44.9%
10
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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.