Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 22,320
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 2,484
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 112
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 44.76
Total tax
- RM 2,640
Net pay
* RM 19,680
Marginal tax rate
11.3%
Average tax rate
11.8%
88.2%
Net pay
11.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 19,680
Net pay
RM 3,368
Tax the employer pays
RM 2,640
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 6,009
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 3,368 to pay you RM 22,320. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 2.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.8% tax rate now rises to 23.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make RM 22,320 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 2,640. That means that your net pay will be RM 19,680 per year, or RM 1,640 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.8% and your marginal tax rate is 11.3%. 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 11.34, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 88.66.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 887 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 4,433 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 20387
8.7%
1
Canada
MYR 18223
18.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
MYR 21965
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
MYR 20546
8.0%
2
Brazil
MYR 20246
9.3%
3
Ecuador
MYR 20211
9.5%
4
Guatemala
MYR 20180
9.6%
5
Mexico
MYR 20072
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
MYR 19976
10.5%
7
Panama
MYR 19865
11.0%
8
Peru
MYR 19530
12.5%
9
Chile
MYR 18392
17.6%
10
Uruguay
MYR 17834
20.1%
11
Argentina
MYR 14497
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
MYR 22033
1.3%
1
Morocco
MYR 20061
10.1%
2
Cameroon
MYR 18406
17.5%
3
Ivory Coast
MYR 18244
18.3%
4
Kenya
MYR 18011
19.3%
5
Mozambique
MYR 17878
19.9%
6
Ghana
MYR 16983
23.9%
7
Angola
MYR 16857
24.5%
8
Zambia
MYR 16294
27.0%
9
Senegal
MYR 15843
29.0%
10
Uganda
MYR 15810
29.2%
11
Nigeria
MYR 15732
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 21204
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 21204
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
MYR 20782
6.9%
3
Bahrain
MYR 20534
8.0%
4
Oman
MYR 20534
8.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 19865
11.0%
6
Israel
MYR 19385
13.2%
7
Egypt
MYR 17592
21.2%
8
Lebanon
MYR 17578
21.3%
9
Turkey
MYR 13838
38.0%
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.