Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$23,311
Federal tax deduction
- $3,079
Provincial tax deduction
- $2,181
CPP deduction
- $1,129
EI deduction
- $368
Total tax
- $6,758
Net pay
* $16,553
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
29.0%
71.0%
Net pay
29.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$16,553
Net pay
$1,645
Tax the employer pays
$6,758
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$8,403
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,645 to pay you $23,311. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29% tax rate now rises to 33.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $23,311 a year living in the region of Alberta, Canada, you will be taxed $6,758. That means that your net pay will be $16,553 per year, or $1,379 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.0% 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
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Quebec
CAD 18,250
21.7%
1
British Columbia
CAD 18,048
22.6%
2
Nunavut
CAD 17,862
23.4%
3
Northwest Territories
CAD 17,448
25.2%
4
Ontario
CAD 17,434
25.2%
5
Yukon
CAD 17,421
25.3%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 16,837
27.8%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 16,817
27.9%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 16,684
28.4%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 16,597
28.8%
10
Alberta
CAD 16,553
29.0%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 16,444
29.5%
12
Manitoba
CAD 16,379
29.7%
13
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CAD 23,112
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
CAD 23,045
1.1%
2
Switzerland
CAD 21,609
7.3%
3
Spain
CAD 20,703
11.2%
4
France
CAD 20,411
12.4%
5
Norway
CAD 20,282
13.0%
6
Russia
CAD 20,281
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CAD 19,937
14.5%
8
Austria
CAD 19,703
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
CAD 19,053
18.3%
10
Hungary
CAD 18,998
18.5%
11
Italy
CAD 18,934
18.8%
12
Ukraine
CAD 18,765
19.5%
13
Germany
CAD 18,486
20.7%
14
Greece
CAD 17,544
24.7%
15
Sweden
CAD 17,419
25.3%
16
Poland
CAD 16,621
28.7%
17
Portugal
CAD 15,876
31.9%
18
Finland
CAD 15,701
32.6%
19
Denmark
CAD 15,599
33.1%
20
Belgium
CAD 15,441
33.8%
21
Netherlands
CAD 14,670
37.1%
22
Romania
CAD 13,637
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 20,317
12.8%
1
Canada
CAD 17,434
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CAD 22,133
5.1%
1
Australia
CAD 21,839
6.3%
2
Thailand
CAD 21,411
8.2%
3
Taiwan
CAD 21,251
8.8%
4
South Korea
CAD 20,252
13.1%
5
Pakistan
CAD 19,952
14.4%
6
New Zealand
CAD 19,721
15.4%
7
Malaysia
CAD 19,611
15.9%
8
Indonesia
CAD 19,607
15.9%
9
Japan
CAD 18,825
19.2%
10
Philippines
CAD 18,687
19.8%
11
Singapore
CAD 18,606
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
CAD 18,517
20.6%
13
Vietnam
CAD 17,756
23.8%
14
India
CAD 16,467
29.4%
15
China
CAD 16,468
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CAD 21,080
9.6%
1
Guatemala
CAD 21,076
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
CAD 20,863
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CAD 20,794
10.8%
4
Colombia
CAD 20,525
12.0%
5
Panama
CAD 19,935
14.5%
6
Chile
CAD 18,983
18.6%
7
Mexico
CAD 18,868
19.1%
8
Peru
CAD 18,053
22.6%
9
Uruguay
CAD 18,001
22.8%
10
Brazil
CAD 17,683
24.1%
11
Argentina
CAD 15,142
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 19,753
15.3%
1
Mozambique
CAD 17,552
24.7%
2
Angola
CAD 17,200
26.2%
3
Morocco
CAD 17,155
26.4%
4
Kenya
CAD 17,023
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 16,852
27.7%
6
Ghana
CAD 16,810
27.9%
7
Nigeria
CAD 16,029
31.2%
8
Cameroon
CAD 15,914
31.7%
9
Uganda
CAD 15,562
33.2%
10
Senegal
CAD 15,402
33.9%
11
Zambia
CAD 14,743
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 22,145
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 22,145
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 21,446
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 21,446
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 20,980
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 20,747
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 20,246
13.2%
7
Egypt
CAD 17,868
23.4%
8
Lebanon
CAD 17,747
23.9%
9
Turkey
CAD 13,222
43.3%
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.