Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
S$3,849
Income Tax
- S$81.93
Central Provident Fund (CPF)
- S$770
Total tax
- S$852
Net pay
* S$2,997
Marginal tax rate
26.9%
Average tax rate
22.1%
77.9%
Net pay
22.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
S$2,997
Net pay
S$655
Tax the employer pays
S$852
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
S$1,507
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$655 to pay you S$3,849. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$3.91 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.1% tax rate now rises to 33.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make S$46,188 a year living in Singapore, you will be taxed S$10,220. That means that your net pay will be S$35,968 per year, or S$2,997 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.1% and your marginal tax rate is 26.9%. 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$26.92, hence, your net pay will only increase by S$73.08.
Bonus Example
A S$1,000 bonus will generate an extra S$731 of net incomes. A S$5,000 bonus will generate an extra S$3,654 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SGD 37,352
19.1%
1
Canada
SGD 33,960
26.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SGD 42,794
7.4%
1
Taiwan
SGD 41,023
11.2%
2
Thailand
SGD 39,573
14.3%
3
Australia
SGD 38,601
16.4%
4
South Korea
SGD 38,011
17.7%
5
New Zealand
SGD 37,245
19.4%
6
Kazakhstan
SGD 37,063
19.8%
7
Indonesia
SGD 36,086
21.9%
8
Singapore
SGD 35,968
22.1%
9
Pakistan
SGD 35,708
22.7%
10
Japan
SGD 35,265
23.7%
11
Malaysia
SGD 34,857
24.5%
12
Philippines
SGD 34,028
26.3%
13
Vietnam
SGD 32,643
29.3%
14
China
SGD 30,834
33.2%
15
India
SGD 29,327
36.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SGD 41,759
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SGD 39,993
13.4%
2
Costa Rica
SGD 39,795
13.8%
3
Ecuador
SGD 38,618
16.4%
4
Panama
SGD 37,146
19.6%
5
Chile
SGD 36,982
19.9%
6
Colombia
SGD 36,809
20.3%
7
Peru
SGD 35,014
24.2%
8
Mexico
SGD 34,831
24.6%
9
Brazil
SGD 34,236
25.9%
10
Uruguay
SGD 32,908
28.8%
11
Argentina
SGD 30,013
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SGD 35,078
24.1%
1
Angola
SGD 33,833
26.8%
2
Kenya
SGD 33,008
28.5%
3
Mozambique
SGD 32,975
28.6%
4
Ghana
SGD 31,885
31.0%
5
Nigeria
SGD 31,583
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
SGD 31,448
31.9%
7
Morocco
SGD 31,007
32.9%
8
Uganda
SGD 30,174
34.7%
9
Cameroon
SGD 29,767
35.6%
10
Senegal
SGD 29,240
36.7%
11
Zambia
SGD 28,796
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SGD 43,879
5.0%
1
Qatar
SGD 43,879
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SGD 42,493
8.0%
3
Oman
SGD 42,493
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SGD 41,569
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SGD 41,107
11.0%
6
Israel
SGD 37,832
18.1%
7
Egypt
SGD 35,010
24.2%
8
Lebanon
SGD 34,894
24.5%
9
Turkey
SGD 27,156
41.2%
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.