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Nigeria payroll calculator

Estimate PAYE under the new NTA 2025 bands, Pension, NHF, and take-home pay in seconds. Built for HR and finance leads sizing offers, budgets, or salary reviews.

NTA 2025 bandsRent ReliefPension 8%Optional NHF

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Pay frequency

Default split: 40% basic, 30% housing, 20% transport, 10% other.

NTA 2025 replaced CRA with Rent Relief: lesser of 20% of rent paid, or ₦500,000/yr.

Advanced: rates & salary splitusing statutory defaults

Deductible rates

Salary structure

Total: 100.0%

Estimated take-home

₦359,932per month

₦4,319,184 per year

NTA 2025 compliant (effective 1 Jan 2026)

Annual breakdown

How we got there

Gross pay
₦5,400,000
Pension (8%, pre-tax)
− ₦388,800
Chargeable income
₦5,011,200
PAYE (NTA 2025 bands)
− ₦692,016
Net annual pay
₦4,319,184
See PAYE per band
₦1 – ₦800,000 0%₦800,000 × 0% = ₦0
₦800,001 – ₦3,000,000 15%₦2,200,000 × 15% = ₦330,000
₦3,000,001 – ₦12,000,000 18%₦2,011,200 × 18% = ₦362,016

Estimator only. Statutory edge cases (multiple employers, partial-year hires, specific exemptions) and rounding are simplified here. AdaptivHR's payroll engine handles them at audit grade.

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What this calculator does

  • · Applies the NTA 2025 PAYE bands (effective 1 January 2026)
  • · Deducts Pension at 8% of pensionable pay (Basic + Housing + Transport), pre-tax
  • · Applies Rent Relief (lesser of 20% of rent paid or ₦500,000) when you enter annual rent
  • · Optionally deducts NHF at 2.5% of basic salary, post-tax

What it doesn't do

  • · Account for multiple-employer income
  • · Pro-rate for partial-year hires or mid-year salary changes
  • · Handle bonus, commission, or one-off taxable payments separately
  • · Replace your audit-grade payroll run inside AdaptivHR