Income tax calculator New Zealand

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$43,038
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- $6,552
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- $598
Total tax
- $7,150
Net pay
* $35,888
Marginal tax rate
18.9%
Average tax rate
16.6%
83.4%
Net pay
16.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$35,888
Net pay
** $1,291
Tax the employer pays
$7,150
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$8,441
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,291 to pay you $43,038. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.96 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.6% tax rate now rises to 19.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make $43,038 a year living in New Zealand, you will be taxed $7,150. That means that your net pay will be $35,888 per year, or $2,991 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.6% 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
$43,500
$44,000
$44,500
$45,000
$45,500
$46,000
$46,500
$47,000
$47,500
$48,000
$48,500
$49,000
$49,500
$50,000
$50,500
$51,000
$51,500
$52,000
$52,500
$53,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NZD 35836
16.7%
1
Canada
NZD 31941
25.8%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NZD 34354
20.2%
1
Mozambique
NZD 31646
26.5%
2
Angola
NZD 31601
26.6%
3
Kenya
NZD 30977
28.0%
4
Ghana
NZD 30143
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
NZD 30128
30.0%
6
Morocco
NZD 29872
30.6%
7
Nigeria
NZD 29483
31.5%
8
Uganda
NZD 28468
33.9%
9
Cameroon
NZD 28272
34.3%
10
Senegal
NZD 27742
35.5%
11
Zambia
NZD 26958
37.4%
12
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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.