Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
S$615
Income Tax
- S$53.60
Central Provident Fund (CPF)
- S$55.38
Total tax
- S$109
Net pay
* S$506
Marginal tax rate
15.0%
Average tax rate
17.7%
82.3%
Net pay
17.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
S$506
Net pay
S$47.08
Tax the employer pays
S$109
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
S$156
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$47.08 to pay you S$615. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$2.54 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.7% tax rate now rises to 23.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make S$159,900 a year living in Singapore, you will be taxed S$28,335. That means that your net pay will be S$131,565 per year, or S$10,964 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.7% and your marginal tax rate is 15.0%. 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$15, hence, your net pay will only increase by S$85.
Bonus Example
A S$1,000 bonus will generate an extra S$850 of net incomes. A S$5,000 bonus will generate an extra S$4,250 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SGD 112,185
29.8%
1
Canada
SGD 102,804
35.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SGD 142,562
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
SGD 122,475
23.4%
2
Chile
SGD 121,200
24.2%
3
Colombia
SGD 117,344
26.6%
4
Uruguay
SGD 116,929
26.9%
5
Brazil
SGD 116,678
27.0%
6
Panama
SGD 115,621
27.7%
7
Puerto Rico
SGD 112,290
29.8%
8
Ecuador
SGD 109,446
31.6%
9
Mexico
SGD 109,428
31.6%
10
Peru
SGD 108,470
32.2%
11
Argentina
SGD 103,926
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SGD 116,559
27.1%
1
Kenya
SGD 112,607
29.6%
2
Nigeria
SGD 108,930
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SGD 107,512
32.8%
4
Ghana
SGD 107,106
33.0%
5
Mozambique
SGD 106,888
33.2%
6
South Africa
SGD 101,231
36.7%
7
Morocco
SGD 99,915
37.5%
8
Cameroon
SGD 99,001
38.1%
9
Zambia
SGD 98,728
38.3%
10
Senegal
SGD 97,467
39.0%
11
Uganda
SGD 92,716
42.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SGD 151,905
5.0%
1
Qatar
SGD 151,905
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SGD 147,112
8.0%
3
Oman
SGD 147,108
8.0%
4
Kuwait
SGD 145,727
8.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
SGD 143,910
10.0%
6
Egypt
SGD 120,294
24.8%
7
Lebanon
SGD 120,178
24.8%
8
Israel
SGD 106,959
33.1%
9
Turkey
SGD 93,383
41.6%
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.