Income tax calculator Malaysia

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 1,653
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 183
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 8.29
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 3.32
Total tax
- RM 194
Net pay
* RM 1,459
Marginal tax rate
11.6%
Average tax rate
11.7%
88.3%
Net pay
11.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 1,459
Net pay
RM 248
Tax the employer pays
RM 194
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 442
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 248 to pay you RM 1,653. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 2.67 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.7% tax rate now rises to 23.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make RM 39,672 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 4,659. That means that your net pay will be RM 35,013 per year, or RM 2,918 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.7% and your marginal tax rate is 11.6%. 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 11.64, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 88.36.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 884 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 4,418 of net incomes.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 36022
9.2%
1
Canada
MYR 30529
23.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
MYR 39672
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
MYR 39672
0.0%
2
Thailand
MYR 37519
5.4%
3
Pakistan
MYR 36710
7.5%
4
Taiwan
MYR 36161
8.9%
5
Malaysia
MYR 35013
11.7%
6
South Korea
MYR 34958
11.9%
7
New Zealand
MYR 34764
12.4%
8
Indonesia
MYR 34366
13.4%
9
Philippines
MYR 34214
13.8%
10
Japan
MYR 32237
18.7%
11
Vietnam
MYR 31756
20.0%
12
Singapore
MYR 31738
20.0%
13
India
MYR 31444
20.7%
14
Kazakhstan
MYR 31420
20.8%
15
China
MYR 28334
28.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
MYR 36518
8.0%
1
Colombia
MYR 36498
8.0%
2
Ecuador
MYR 35923
9.5%
3
Guatemala
MYR 35868
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
MYR 35506
10.5%
5
Panama
MYR 35308
11.0%
6
Peru
MYR 34713
12.5%
7
Mexico
MYR 33940
14.5%
8
Brazil
MYR 33487
15.6%
9
Chile
MYR 32690
17.6%
10
Uruguay
MYR 31698
20.1%
11
Argentina
MYR 25756
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
MYR 36169
8.8%
1
Morocco
MYR 32316
18.5%
2
Mozambique
MYR 31005
21.9%
3
Ivory Coast
MYR 30465
23.2%
4
Cameroon
MYR 30260
23.7%
5
Kenya
MYR 30044
24.3%
6
Angola
MYR 29578
25.4%
7
Ghana
MYR 29281
26.2%
8
Nigeria
MYR 27535
30.6%
9
Uganda
MYR 27088
31.7%
10
Senegal
MYR 26954
32.1%
11
Zambia
MYR 26098
34.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 37688
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 37688
5.0%
2
Bahrain
MYR 36498
8.0%
3
Oman
MYR 36498
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
MYR 35705
10.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 35308
11.0%
6
Israel
MYR 34455
13.2%
7
Egypt
MYR 30977
21.9%
8
Lebanon
MYR 30592
22.9%
9
Turkey
MYR 23351
41.1%
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.