Income tax calculator New Zealand

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$17,720
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- $2,121
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- $246
Total tax
- $2,367
Net pay
* $15,353
Marginal tax rate
18.9%
Average tax rate
13.4%
86.6%
Net pay
13.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$15,353
Net pay
** $532
Tax the employer pays
$2,367
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$2,899
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $532 to pay you $17,720. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.64 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.4% tax rate now rises to 15.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make $17,720 a year living in New Zealand, you will be taxed $2,367. That means that your net pay will be $15,353 per year, or $1,279 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.4% and your marginal tax rate is 18.9%. 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 $18.89, hence, your net pay will only increase by $81.11.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $811 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $4,056 of net incomes.
Tax per income
$17,500
$18,000
$18,500
$19,000
$19,500
$20,000
$20,500
$21,000
$21,500
$22,000
$22,500
$23,000
$23,500
$24,000
$24,500
$25,000
$25,500
$26,000
$26,500
$27,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NZD 16010
9.7%
1
Canada
NZD 13560
23.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
NZD 16319
7.9%
1
Colombia
NZD 16302
8.0%
2
Ecuador
NZD 16045
9.5%
3
Guatemala
NZD 16021
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
NZD 15859
10.5%
5
Panama
NZD 15771
11.0%
6
Mexico
NZD 14900
15.9%
7
Chile
NZD 14601
17.6%
8
Brazil
NZD 14486
18.3%
9
Uruguay
NZD 14158
20.1%
10
Peru
NZD 13950
21.3%
11
Argentina
NZD 11506
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
NZD 16834
5.0%
1
Qatar
NZD 16834
5.0%
2
Bahrain
NZD 16302
8.0%
3
Oman
NZD 16302
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
NZD 15948
10.0%
5
Kuwait
NZD 15771
11.0%
6
Israel
NZD 15390
13.2%
7
Egypt
NZD 13754
22.4%
8
Lebanon
NZD 13608
23.2%
9
Turkey
NZD 10199
42.4%
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.