Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,837 元
Income Tax
- 4,289 元
Housing Fund
- 22.07 元
Pension
- 13.03 元
Medical Insurance
- 3.26 元
Unemployment
- 0.81 元
Total tax
- 4,328 元
Net pay
* 5,509 元
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.0%
56.0%
Net pay
44.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,509 元
Net pay
66.60 元
Tax the employer pays
4,328 元
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4,395 元
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 66.60 元 to pay you 9,837 元. In other words, every time you spend 10 元 of your hard-earned money, 4.47 元 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44% tax rate now rises to 44.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,460,960 元 a year living in the region of Beijing, China, you will be taxed 9,002,161 元. That means that your net pay will be 11,458,799 元 per year, or 954,900 元 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.0% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 元 in your salary will be taxed 45 元, hence, your net pay will only increase by 55 元.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 元 bonus will generate an extra 550 元 of net incomes. A 5,000 元 bonus will generate an extra 2,750 元 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Beijing
CNY 11458799
44.0%
1
Guangzhou
CNY 11458020
44.0%
2
Shanghai
CNY 11466303
44.0%
3
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CNY 11159159
45.5%
1
Canada
CNY 9677251
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
CNY 18365725
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
CNY 17006312
16.9%
2
Singapore
CNY 16021447
21.7%
3
Indonesia
CNY 13858461
32.3%
4
Thailand
CNY 13399245
34.5%
5
Pakistan
CNY 13331921
34.8%
6
Vietnam
CNY 13311480
34.9%
7
Philippines
CNY 12753688
37.7%
8
New Zealand
CNY 12558137
38.6%
9
Taiwan
CNY 12458675
39.1%
10
Malaysia
CNY 12212226
40.3%
11
China
CNY 11458799
44.0%
12
Japan
CNY 11217945
45.2%
13
Australia
CNY 10983169
46.3%
14
South Korea
CNY 10888608
46.8%
15
India
CNY 3931088
80.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CNY 18115215
11.5%
1
Brazil
CNY 14838251
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
CNY 13816276
32.5%
3
Panama
CNY 13705737
33.0%
4
Mexico
CNY 13334464
34.8%
5
Argentina
CNY 13299574
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
CNY 13269098
35.2%
7
Colombia
CNY 12651041
38.2%
8
Uruguay
CNY 12624330
38.3%
9
Peru
CNY 12589270
38.5%
10
Chile
CNY 12452802
39.1%
11
Ecuador
CNY 11770810
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CNY 14886599
27.2%
1
Kenya
CNY 14326330
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
CNY 13952421
31.8%
3
Nigeria
CNY 13918442
32.0%
4
Ghana
CNY 13542125
33.8%
5
Mozambique
CNY 13315589
34.9%
6
Zambia
CNY 12585598
38.5%
7
Cameroon
CNY 12466552
39.1%
8
Morocco
CNY 12415408
39.3%
9
Senegal
CNY 12284833
40.0%
10
South Africa
CNY 11325352
44.7%
11
Uganda
CNY 11279319
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
CNY 20384339
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
CNY 20356960
0.5%
2
Bahrain
CNY 20191858
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
CNY 19437912
5.0%
4
Qatar
CNY 19437912
5.0%
5
Oman
CNY 18824083
8.0%
6
Egypt
CNY 15347715
25.0%
7
Lebanon
CNY 15347086
25.0%
8
Turkey
CNY 11918051
41.8%
9
Israel
CNY 10407347
49.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Beijing tables of China, 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.