Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 18,395
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 2,044
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 90.73
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 36.29
Total tax
- RM 2,171
Net pay
* RM 16,224
Marginal tax rate
11.8%
Average tax rate
11.8%
88.2%
Net pay
11.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 16,224
Net pay
RM 2,768
Tax the employer pays
RM 2,171
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 4,939
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 2,768 to pay you RM 18,395. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 2.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.8% tax rate now rises to 23.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make RM 18,395 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 2,171. That means that your net pay will be RM 16,224 per year, or RM 1,352 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.8% and your marginal tax rate is 11.8%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of RM 100 in your salary will be taxed RM 11.78, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 88.22.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 882 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 4,411 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 16802
8.7%
1
Canada
MYR 15480
15.9%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
MYR 18211
1.0%
1
Morocco
MYR 16779
8.8%
2
Ivory Coast
MYR 15356
16.5%
3
Cameroon
MYR 15353
16.5%
4
Kenya
MYR 15295
16.9%
5
Mozambique
MYR 14856
19.2%
6
Ghana
MYR 14201
22.8%
7
Zambia
MYR 14076
23.5%
8
Angola
MYR 13963
24.1%
9
Senegal
MYR 13316
27.6%
10
Uganda
MYR 13258
27.9%
11
Nigeria
MYR 13062
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
MYR 18395
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
MYR 17475
5.0%
2
Qatar
MYR 17475
5.0%
3
Bahrain
MYR 16923
8.0%
4
Oman
MYR 16923
8.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 16372
11.0%
6
Israel
MYR 15976
13.2%
7
Lebanon
MYR 14634
20.5%
8
Egypt
MYR 14531
21.0%
9
Turkey
MYR 11552
37.2%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Malaysia, 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.