Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 94
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 10.38
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 0.10
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 0.04
Tax
- RM 15.54
Total tax
- RM 26.07
Net pay
* RM 67.93
Marginal tax rate
35.5%
Average tax rate
27.7%
72.3%
Net pay
27.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 67.93
Net pay
RM 12.67
Tax the employer pays
RM 26.07
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 38.74
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 12.67 to pay you RM 94. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 4.12 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.7% tax rate now rises to 36.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make RM 219,960 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 61,002. That means that your net pay will be RM 158,958 per year, or RM 13,246 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.7% and your marginal tax rate is 35.6%. 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 35.55, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 64.45.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 645 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 3,223 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 173281
21.2%
1
Canada
MYR 156932
28.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
MYR 198122
9.9%
1
Costa Rica
MYR 182871
16.9%
2
Puerto Rico
MYR 182720
16.9%
3
Chile
MYR 181676
17.4%
4
Ecuador
MYR 173772
21.0%
5
Panama
MYR 173711
21.0%
6
Colombia
MYR 167749
23.7%
7
Peru
MYR 164490
25.2%
8
Brazil
MYR 161958
26.4%
9
Mexico
MYR 160232
27.2%
10
Uruguay
MYR 149684
32.0%
11
Argentina
MYR 142943
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 208962
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 208962
5.0%
2
Bahrain
MYR 202363
8.0%
3
Oman
MYR 202363
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
MYR 197964
10.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 195764
11.0%
6
Israel
MYR 172475
21.6%
7
Egypt
MYR 166193
24.4%
8
Lebanon
MYR 165808
24.6%
9
Turkey
MYR 128955
41.4%
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.