Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$45,012
Federal tax deduction
- $6,097
Provincial tax deduction
- $4,193
CPP deduction
- $2,366
EI deduction
- $711
Total tax
- $13,368
Net pay
* $31,644
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
29.7%
70.3%
Net pay
29.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$31,644
Net pay
$3,362
Tax the employer pays
$13,368
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$16,730
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $3,362 to pay you $45,012. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.72 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.7% tax rate now rises to 34.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $45,012 a year living in the region of Alberta, Canada, you will be taxed $13,368. That means that your net pay will be $31,644 per year, or $2,637 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 34,160
24.1%
1
British Columbia
CAD 33,664
25.2%
2
Northwest Territories
CAD 33,363
25.9%
3
Ontario
CAD 33,269
26.1%
4
Yukon
CAD 33,236
26.2%
5
Quebec
CAD 32,490
27.8%
6
New Brunswick
CAD 31,889
29.2%
7
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 31,849
29.2%
8
Alberta
CAD 31,644
29.7%
9
Saskatchewan
CAD 31,434
30.2%
10
Nova Scotia
CAD 31,202
30.7%
11
Prince Edward Island
CAD 31,206
30.7%
12
Manitoba
CAD 31,102
30.9%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 36,619
18.7%
1
Canada
CAD 33,269
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CAD 41,903
6.9%
1
Taiwan
CAD 40,054
11.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 38,904
13.6%
3
Australia
CAD 38,191
15.2%
4
South Korea
CAD 37,209
17.3%
5
New Zealand
CAD 36,678
18.5%
6
Kazakhstan
CAD 36,095
19.8%
7
Indonesia
CAD 35,458
21.2%
8
Singapore
CAD 35,209
21.8%
9
Pakistan
CAD 35,110
22.0%
10
Japan
CAD 34,627
23.1%
11
Malaysia
CAD 34,293
23.8%
12
Philippines
CAD 33,389
25.8%
13
Vietnam
CAD 32,066
28.8%
14
China
CAD 30,200
32.9%
15
India
CAD 28,793
36.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CAD 40,696
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CAD 39,236
12.8%
2
Costa Rica
CAD 39,069
13.2%
3
Ecuador
CAD 37,847
15.9%
4
Panama
CAD 36,352
19.2%
5
Colombia
CAD 36,181
19.6%
6
Chile
CAD 35,871
20.3%
7
Peru
CAD 34,223
24.0%
8
Mexico
CAD 34,204
24.0%
9
Brazil
CAD 33,416
25.8%
10
Uruguay
CAD 32,404
28.0%
11
Argentina
CAD 29,248
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 34,563
23.2%
1
Angola
CAD 32,988
26.7%
2
Mozambique
CAD 32,338
28.2%
3
Kenya
CAD 32,214
28.4%
4
Ghana
CAD 31,165
30.8%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 30,843
31.5%
6
Nigeria
CAD 30,790
31.6%
7
Morocco
CAD 30,424
32.4%
8
Uganda
CAD 29,667
34.1%
9
Cameroon
CAD 29,122
35.3%
10
Senegal
CAD 28,601
36.5%
11
Zambia
CAD 28,089
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 42,761
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 42,761
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 41,411
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 41,411
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 40,511
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 40,061
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 37,194
17.4%
7
Egypt
CAD 34,144
24.1%
8
Lebanon
CAD 34,023
24.4%
9
Turkey
CAD 26,482
41.2%
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.