Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$42,596
Federal tax deduction
- $5,761
Provincial tax deduction
- $3,969
CPP deduction
- $2,228
EI deduction
- $673
Total tax
- $12,632
Net pay
* $29,964
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
29.7%
70.3%
Net pay
29.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$29,964
Net pay
$3,171
Tax the employer pays
$12,632
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$15,803
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $3,171 to pay you $42,596. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.71 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.7% tax rate now rises to 34.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $42,596 a year living in the region of Alberta, Canada, you will be taxed $12,632. That means that your net pay will be $29,964 per year, or $2,497 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.7% 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
Nunavut
CAD 32,346
24.1%
1
British Columbia
CAD 31,898
25.1%
2
Northwest Territories
CAD 31,591
25.8%
3
Ontario
CAD 31,479
26.1%
4
Yukon
CAD 31,475
26.1%
5
Quebec
CAD 30,905
27.4%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 30,280
28.9%
7
New Brunswick
CAD 30,199
29.1%
8
Alberta
CAD 29,964
29.7%
9
Saskatchewan
CAD 29,765
30.1%
10
Nova Scotia
CAD 29,643
30.4%
11
Prince Edward Island
CAD 29,618
30.5%
12
Manitoba
CAD 29,487
30.8%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 34,831
18.2%
1
Canada
CAD 31,479
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CAD 38,512
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CAD 37,343
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
CAD 37,130
12.8%
3
Ecuador
CAD 35,989
15.5%
4
Panama
CAD 34,524
19.0%
5
Colombia
CAD 34,489
19.0%
6
Chile
CAD 34,040
20.1%
7
Mexico
CAD 32,579
23.5%
8
Peru
CAD 32,468
23.8%
9
Brazil
CAD 31,665
25.7%
10
Uruguay
CAD 30,770
27.8%
11
Argentina
CAD 27,678
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 33,017
22.5%
1
Angola
CAD 31,230
26.7%
2
Mozambique
CAD 30,768
27.8%
3
Kenya
CAD 30,523
28.3%
4
Ghana
CAD 29,567
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 29,347
31.1%
6
Nigeria
CAD 29,147
31.6%
7
Morocco
CAD 28,960
32.0%
8
Uganda
CAD 28,097
34.0%
9
Cameroon
CAD 27,651
35.1%
10
Senegal
CAD 27,151
36.3%
11
Zambia
CAD 26,603
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 40,466
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 40,466
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 39,188
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 39,188
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 38,336
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 37,910
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 35,450
16.8%
7
Egypt
CAD 32,332
24.1%
8
Lebanon
CAD 32,211
24.4%
9
Turkey
CAD 25,075
41.1%
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.