Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$11,769
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- $1,236
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- $164
Total tax
- $1,399
Net pay
* $10,370
Marginal tax rate
11.9%
Average tax rate
11.9%
88.1%
Net pay
11.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$10,370
Net pay
** $353
Tax the employer pays
$1,399
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$1,752
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $353 to pay you $11,769. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.49 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.9% tax rate now rises to 14.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $11,769 a year living in New Zealand, you will be taxed $1,399. That means that your net pay will be $10,370 per year, or $864 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.9% and your marginal tax rate is 11.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of $100 in your salary will be taxed $11.89, hence, your net pay will only increase by $88.11.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $881 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $4,406 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NZD 10756
8.6%
1
Canada
NZD 9205
21.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
NZD 10833
8.0%
1
Colombia
NZD 10827
8.0%
2
Ecuador
NZD 10657
9.5%
3
Guatemala
NZD 10641
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
NZD 10533
10.5%
5
Panama
NZD 10474
11.0%
6
Mexico
NZD 10335
12.2%
7
Brazil
NZD 10318
12.3%
8
Peru
NZD 10298
12.5%
9
Chile
NZD 9698
17.6%
10
Uruguay
NZD 9403
20.1%
11
Argentina
NZD 7638
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NZD 11062
6.0%
1
Morocco
NZD 10054
14.6%
2
Mozambique
NZD 9324
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
NZD 9292
21.1%
4
Cameroon
NZD 9290
21.1%
5
Kenya
NZD 9120
22.5%
6
Angola
NZD 8818
25.1%
7
Ghana
NZD 8782
25.4%
8
Nigeria
NZD 8214
30.2%
9
Uganda
NZD 8143
30.8%
10
Senegal
NZD 8100
31.2%
11
Zambia
NZD 8046
31.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NZD 11181
5.0%
1
Qatar
NZD 11181
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NZD 10827
8.0%
3
Oman
NZD 10828
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NZD 10592
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NZD 10474
11.0%
6
Israel
NZD 10221
13.2%
7
Egypt
NZD 9232
21.6%
8
Lebanon
NZD 9144
22.3%
9
Turkey
NZD 7172
39.1%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of New Zealand, 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.

NOTE** Voluntary deduction related to an employee who has joined a KiwiSaver scheme. As it is optional, it was not included in the withholding tax in the section above. The amount displayed is a potential employer contribution for an employee with a KiwiSaver scheme.