Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₨ 131,500
Income Tax
- ₨ 5,188
Social Security
- ₨ 250
Total tax
- ₨ 5,438
Net pay
* ₨ 126,063
Marginal tax rate
12.5%
Average tax rate
4.1%
95.9%
Net pay
4.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₨ 126,063
Net pay
₨ 1,250
Tax the employer pays
₨ 5,438
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₨ 6,688
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 1,250 to pay you ₨ 131,500. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 0.51 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.1% tax rate now rises to 5.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₨ 1,578,000 a year living in the region of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, you will be taxed ₨ 65,250. That means that your net pay will be ₨ 1,512,750 per year, or ₨ 126,063 per month. Your average tax rate is 4.1% and your marginal tax rate is 12.5%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of ₨ 100 in your salary will be taxed ₨ 12.50, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₨ 87.50.
Bonus Example
A ₨ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₨ 875 of net incomes. A ₨ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₨ 4,375 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Balochistan
PKR 1512750
4.1%
1
Islamabad Capital Territory
PKR 1512750
4.1%
2
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PKR 1512750
4.1%
3
Sindh
PKR 1512750
4.1%
4
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PKR 1441331
8.7%
1
Canada
PKR 1266564
19.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PKR 1578000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
PKR 1578000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
PKR 1512750
4.1%
3
Thailand
PKR 1490705
5.5%
4
Philippines
PKR 1451337
8.0%
5
Taiwan
PKR 1438331
8.9%
6
Indonesia
PKR 1404924
11.0%
7
South Korea
PKR 1397656
11.4%
8
Malaysia
PKR 1392176
11.8%
9
New Zealand
PKR 1390376
11.9%
10
India
PKR 1388640
12.0%
11
Singapore
PKR 1380633
12.5%
12
Vietnam
PKR 1299053
17.7%
13
Japan
PKR 1282261
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
PKR 1249776
20.8%
15
China
PKR 1186262
24.8%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Islamabad Capital Territory tables of Pakistan, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.