Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₨ 450
Social Security
- ₨ 250
Total tax
- ₨ 250
Net pay
* ₨ 200
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
55.6%
44.4%
Net pay
55.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₨ 200
Net pay
₨ 1,250
Tax the employer pays
₨ 250
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₨ 1,500
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 1,250 to pay you ₨ 450. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 33.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
88.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 55.6% tax rate now rises to 88.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 32.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₨ 5,400 a year living in the region of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, you will be taxed ₨ 3,000. That means that your net pay will be ₨ 2,400 per year, or ₨ 200 per month. Your average tax rate is 55.6% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 ₨ 0, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₨ 100.
Bonus Example
A ₨ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₨ 1,000 of net incomes. A ₨ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₨ 5,000 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Balochistan
PKR 2400
55.6%
1
Islamabad Capital Territory
PKR 2400
55.6%
2
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PKR 2400
55.6%
3
Sindh
PKR 2400
55.6%
4
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PKR 5315
1.6%
1
USA
PKR 4933
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PKR 5346
1.0%
1
Angola
PKR 5238
3.0%
2
Uganda
PKR 5130
5.0%
3
Ghana
PKR 5103
5.5%
4
Zambia
PKR 5076
6.0%
5
Morocco
PKR 5036
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
PKR 4995
7.5%
7
Cameroon
PKR 4556
15.6%
8
Senegal
PKR 4529
16.1%
9
Nigeria
PKR 4495
16.8%
10
Mozambique
PKR 2362
56.3%
11
Kenya
PKR 5400
167.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
PKR 5400
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
PKR 5400
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
PKR 5131
5.0%
3
Qatar
PKR 5130
5.0%
4
Lebanon
PKR 5022
7.0%
5
Oman
PKR 4965
8.0%
6
Bahrain
PKR 4968
8.1%
7
Kuwait
PKR 4807
11.1%
8
Israel
PKR 4690
13.2%
9
Turkey
PKR 4549
15.8%
10
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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.