Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 720,000
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 79,202
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 237
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 94.80
Tax
- RM 161,270
Total tax
- RM 240,804
Net pay
* RM 479,196
Marginal tax rate
37.0%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 479,196
Net pay
RM 94,525
Tax the employer pays
RM 240,804
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 335,329
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 94,525 to pay you RM 720,000. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 4.66 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 41.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make RM 720,000 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 240,804. That means that your net pay will be RM 479,196 per year, or RM 39,933 per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 37.0%. 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 37, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 63.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 630 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 3,150 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 491124
31.8%
1
Canada
MYR 435800
39.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
MYR 617864
14.2%
1
Hong Kong
MYR 612144
15.0%
2
Singapore
MYR 591095
17.9%
3
Taiwan
MYR 541154
24.8%
4
Thailand
MYR 527835
26.7%
5
China
MYR 517420
28.1%
6
Indonesia
MYR 503188
30.1%
7
Pakistan
MYR 487806
32.3%
8
New Zealand
MYR 486392
32.5%
9
South Korea
MYR 483712
32.8%
10
Japan
MYR 480732
33.2%
11
Malaysia
MYR 479196
33.5%
12
Philippines
MYR 478065
33.6%
13
Vietnam
MYR 475271
34.0%
14
Australia
MYR 466758
35.2%
15
India
MYR 387054
46.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
MYR 640698
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
MYR 533500
25.9%
2
Colombia
MYR 527308
26.8%
3
Chile
MYR 525240
27.1%
4
Brazil
MYR 524487
27.2%
5
Uruguay
MYR 523231
27.3%
6
Panama
MYR 510065
29.2%
7
Puerto Rico
MYR 489171
32.1%
8
Mexico
MYR 488084
32.2%
9
Peru
MYR 475914
33.9%
10
Ecuador
MYR 471171
34.6%
11
Argentina
MYR 467969
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
MYR 524567
27.1%
1
Kenya
MYR 506243
29.7%
2
Nigeria
MYR 490294
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
MYR 485998
32.5%
4
Ghana
MYR 480696
33.2%
5
Mozambique
MYR 477791
33.6%
6
Morocco
MYR 446315
38.0%
7
Zambia
MYR 444093
38.3%
8
Cameroon
MYR 443828
38.4%
9
South Africa
MYR 440047
38.9%
10
Senegal
MYR 437064
39.3%
11
Uganda
MYR 411817
42.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 684000
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 684000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
MYR 673249
6.5%
3
Kuwait
MYR 673011
6.5%
4
Oman
MYR 662400
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
MYR 656221
8.9%
6
Egypt
MYR 541223
24.8%
7
Lebanon
MYR 540838
24.9%
8
Israel
MYR 460201
36.1%
9
Turkey
MYR 420184
41.6%
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.