Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
S$905
Central Provident Fund (CPF)
- S$181
Total tax
- S$181
Net pay
* S$724
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$724
Net pay
S$154
Tax the employer pays
S$181
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
S$335
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$154 to pay you S$905. 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$10,860 a year living in Singapore, you will be taxed S$2,167. That means that your net pay will be S$8,693 per year, or S$724 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 9,894
8.9%
1
Canada
SGD 8,388
22.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SGD 10,860
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SGD 10,860
0.0%
2
Thailand
SGD 10,277
5.4%
3
Pakistan
SGD 10,137
6.7%
4
Taiwan
SGD 9,899
8.9%
5
Malaysia
SGD 9,584
11.8%
6
South Korea
SGD 9,578
11.8%
7
New Zealand
SGD 9,569
11.9%
8
Philippines
SGD 9,491
12.6%
9
Indonesia
SGD 9,454
13.0%
10
Japan
SGD 8,825
18.7%
11
India
SGD 8,741
19.5%
12
Vietnam
SGD 8,737
19.6%
13
Singapore
SGD 8,693
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
SGD 8,601
20.8%
15
China
SGD 7,775
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SGD 9,997
8.0%
1
Colombia
SGD 9,991
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SGD 9,834
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SGD 9,819
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SGD 9,720
10.5%
5
Panama
SGD 9,665
11.0%
6
Peru
SGD 9,502
12.5%
7
Mexico
SGD 9,398
13.5%
8
Brazil
SGD 9,317
14.2%
9
Chile
SGD 8,949
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SGD 8,677
20.1%
11
Argentina
SGD 7,050
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SGD 10,014
7.8%
1
Morocco
SGD 9,012
17.0%
2
Mozambique
SGD 8,552
21.3%
3
Ivory Coast
SGD 8,427
22.4%
4
Cameroon
SGD 8,420
22.5%
5
Kenya
SGD 8,296
23.6%
6
Angola
SGD 8,111
25.3%
7
Ghana
SGD 8,048
25.9%
8
Nigeria
SGD 7,553
30.5%
9
Uganda
SGD 7,452
31.4%
10
Senegal
SGD 7,411
31.8%
11
Zambia
SGD 7,247
33.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SGD 10,317
5.0%
1
Qatar
SGD 10,317
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SGD 9,991
8.0%
3
Oman
SGD 9,991
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SGD 9,774
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SGD 9,665
11.0%
6
Israel
SGD 9,432
13.2%
7
Egypt
SGD 8,501
21.7%
8
Lebanon
SGD 8,398
22.7%
9
Turkey
SGD 6,488
40.3%
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.