Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 179,057
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 19,724
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 237
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 94.80
Tax
- RM 26,554
Total tax
- RM 46,610
Net pay
* RM 132,447
Marginal tax rate
35.6%
Average tax rate
26.0%
74.0%
Net pay
26.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 132,447
Net pay
RM 24,234
Tax the employer pays
RM 46,610
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 70,844
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 24,234 to pay you RM 179,057. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 3.96 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26% tax rate now rises to 34.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make RM 179,057 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 46,610. That means that your net pay will be RM 132,447 per year, or RM 11,037 per month. Your average tax rate is 26.0% 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 143017
20.1%
1
Canada
MYR 129556
27.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
MYR 161828
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
MYR 152906
14.6%
2
Costa Rica
MYR 151754
15.3%
3
Ecuador
MYR 146911
18.0%
4
Chile
MYR 146124
18.4%
5
Panama
MYR 142768
20.3%
6
Colombia
MYR 140184
21.7%
7
Peru
MYR 134912
24.7%
8
Mexico
MYR 132906
25.8%
9
Brazil
MYR 132303
26.1%
10
Uruguay
MYR 124846
30.3%
11
Argentina
MYR 116356
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
MYR 132243
26.1%
1
Angola
MYR 131031
26.8%
2
Kenya
MYR 127583
28.8%
3
Mozambique
MYR 126178
29.5%
4
Ghana
MYR 122862
31.4%
5
Nigeria
MYR 122345
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
MYR 120320
32.8%
7
Morocco
MYR 118510
33.8%
8
Cameroon
MYR 114475
36.1%
9
Uganda
MYR 114298
36.2%
10
Senegal
MYR 112498
37.2%
11
Zambia
MYR 111413
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 170104
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 170104
5.0%
2
Bahrain
MYR 164732
8.0%
3
Oman
MYR 164732
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
MYR 161151
10.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 159361
11.0%
6
Israel
MYR 143680
19.8%
7
Egypt
MYR 135516
24.3%
8
Lebanon
MYR 135130
24.5%
9
Turkey
MYR 105133
41.3%
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.