Income tax calculator New Zealand

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$8,500
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- $893
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- $118
Total tax
- $1,011
Net pay
* $7,489
Marginal tax rate
11.9%
Average tax rate
11.9%
88.1%
Net pay
11.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$7,489
Net pay
** $255
Tax the employer pays
$1,011
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$1,266
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $255 to pay you $8,500. 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.
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Summary
If you make $8,500 a year living in New Zealand, you will be taxed $1,011. That means that your net pay will be $7,489 per year, or $624 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.
Tax per income
$8,500
$9,000
$9,500
$10,000
$10,500
$11,000
$11,500
$12,000
$12,500
$13,000
$13,500
$14,000
$14,500
$15,000
$15,500
$16,000
$16,500
$17,000
$17,500
$18,000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
NZD 8500
0.0%
1
Germany
NZD 8500
0.0%
2
Austria
NZD 8500
0.0%
3
Ireland
NZD 8500
0.0%
4
Norway
NZD 8500
0.0%
5
Spain
NZD 7960
6.4%
6
Switzerland
NZD 7876
7.3%
7
Italy
NZD 7719
9.2%
8
France
NZD 7675
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
NZD 7565
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
NZD 7561
11.1%
11
Russia
NZD 7395
13.0%
12
Hungary
NZD 6927
18.5%
13
Sweden
NZD 6905
18.8%
14
Ukraine
NZD 6842
19.5%
15
Poland
NZD 6675
21.5%
16
Greece
NZD 6643
21.9%
17
Portugal
NZD 6328
25.6%
18
Finland
NZD 5886
30.8%
19
Belgium
NZD 5780
32.0%
20
Denmark
NZD 5617
33.9%
21
Netherlands
NZD 5348
37.1%
22
Romania
NZD 4973
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
NZD 7764
8.7%
1
Canada
NZD 6935
18.4%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
NZD 8390
1.3%
1
Morocco
NZD 7636
10.2%
2
Cameroon
NZD 7006
17.6%
3
Ivory Coast
NZD 6944
18.3%
4
Kenya
NZD 6855
19.4%
5
Mozambique
NZD 6807
19.9%
6
Ghana
NZD 6465
23.9%
7
Angola
NZD 6419
24.5%
8
Zambia
NZD 6199
27.1%
9
Senegal
NZD 6031
29.1%
10
Uganda
NZD 6018
29.2%
11
Nigeria
NZD 5990
29.5%
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.