Income tax calculator Alberta

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$20,000
Federal tax deduction
- $2,618
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,874
CPP deduction
- $941
EI deduction
- $316
Total tax
- $5,749
Net pay
* $14,251
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
28.7%
71.3%
Net pay
28.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$14,251
Net pay
$1,383
Tax the employer pays
$5,749
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$7,132
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,383 to pay you $20,000. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.7% tax rate now rises to 33.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make $20,000 a year living in the region of Alberta, Canada, you will be taxed $5,749. That means that your net pay will be $14,251 per year, or $1,188 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.8% and your marginal tax rate is 30.5%. 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 $30.46, hence, your net pay will only increase by $69.54.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $695 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,477 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Region
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Tax per income
$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
$27,500
$28,000
$28,500
$29,000
$29,500
$30,000
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Quebec
CAD 16,074
19.6%
1
British Columbia
CAD 15,668
21.7%
2
Nunavut
CAD 15,375
23.1%
3
Ontario
CAD 15,178
24.1%
4
Northwest Territories
CAD 15,019
24.9%
5
Yukon
CAD 15,008
25.0%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 14,494
27.5%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 14,477
27.6%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 14,363
28.2%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 14,288
28.6%
10
Alberta
CAD 14,251
28.7%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 14,157
29.2%
12
Manitoba
CAD 14,101
29.5%
13
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CAD 20,000
0.0%
1
Ireland
CAD 19,929
0.4%
2
Spain
CAD 18,730
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CAD 18,602
7.0%
4
France
CAD 17,749
11.3%
5
Norway
CAD 17,643
11.8%
6
Russia
CAD 17,400
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CAD 17,368
13.2%
8
Austria
CAD 17,005
15.0%
9
Italy
CAD 16,961
15.2%
10
Czech Republic
CAD 16,603
17.0%
11
Hungary
CAD 16,300
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CAD 16,100
19.5%
13
Germany
CAD 16,065
19.7%
14
Greece
CAD 15,326
23.4%
15
Sweden
CAD 15,200
24.0%
16
Poland
CAD 14,507
27.5%
17
Portugal
CAD 13,872
30.6%
18
Finland
CAD 13,733
31.3%
19
Belgium
CAD 13,586
32.1%
20
Denmark
CAD 13,371
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CAD 12,585
37.1%
22
Romania
CAD 11,700
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 17,745
11.3%
1
Canada
CAD 15,178
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CAD 19,298
3.5%
1
Hong Kong
CAD 19,000
5.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 18,537
7.3%
3
Taiwan
CAD 18,231
8.9%
4
Pakistan
CAD 17,469
12.7%
5
South Korea
CAD 17,463
12.7%
6
Malaysia
CAD 17,086
14.6%
7
New Zealand
CAD 17,036
14.8%
8
Indonesia
CAD 17,003
15.0%
9
Philippines
CAD 16,333
18.3%
10
Japan
CAD 16,224
18.9%
11
Singapore
CAD 16,008
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CAD 15,857
20.7%
13
Vietnam
CAD 15,410
23.0%
14
India
CAD 14,586
27.1%
15
China
CAD 14,158
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CAD 18,254
8.7%
1
Guatemala
CAD 18,082
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CAD 17,994
10.0%
3
Colombia
CAD 17,978
10.1%
4
Costa Rica
CAD 17,900
10.5%
5
Panama
CAD 17,430
12.9%
6
Mexico
CAD 16,382
18.1%
7
Chile
CAD 16,364
18.2%
8
Uruguay
CAD 15,831
20.9%
9
Peru
CAD 15,561
22.2%
10
Brazil
CAD 15,346
23.3%
11
Argentina
CAD 12,990
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 17,303
13.5%
1
Mozambique
CAD 15,168
24.2%
2
Morocco
CAD 15,020
24.9%
3
Angola
CAD 14,791
26.0%
4
Kenya
CAD 14,706
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 14,673
26.6%
6
Ghana
CAD 14,541
27.3%
7
Cameroon
CAD 13,920
30.4%
8
Nigeria
CAD 13,777
31.1%
9
Uganda
CAD 13,410
33.0%
10
Senegal
CAD 13,316
33.4%
11
Zambia
CAD 12,707
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 19,000
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 19,000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 18,400
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 18,400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 18,000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 17,800
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 17,370
13.2%
7
Egypt
CAD 15,385
23.1%
8
Lebanon
CAD 15,264
23.7%
9
Turkey
CAD 11,129
44.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Alberta tables of Canada, 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.