Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$5,093
Federal tax deduction
- $545
Provincial tax deduction
- $492
CPP deduction
- $90.80
EI deduction
- $80.47
Total tax
- $1,209
Net pay
* $3,884
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
23.7%
76.3%
Net pay
23.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$3,884
Net pay
$203
Tax the employer pays
$1,209
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$1,412
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $203 to pay you $5,093. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $2.77 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.7% tax rate now rises to 26.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $5,093 a year living in the region of Alberta, Canada, you will be taxed $1,209. That means that your net pay will be $3,884 per year, or $324 per month. Your average tax rate is 23.7% 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
Quebec
CAD 4,455
12.5%
1
British Columbia
CAD 4,377
14.1%
2
Ontario
CAD 4,370
14.2%
3
Nunavut
CAD 4,180
17.9%
4
Yukon
CAD 4,144
18.6%
5
Northwest Territories
CAD 4,086
19.8%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 3,948
22.5%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 3,944
22.6%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 3,914
23.2%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 3,894
23.5%
10
Alberta
CAD 3,884
23.7%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 3,860
24.2%
12
Manitoba
CAD 3,845
24.5%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 4,652
8.7%
1
Canada
CAD 4,370
14.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 5,042
1.0%
1
Morocco
CAD 4,696
7.8%
2
Kenya
CAD 4,336
14.9%
3
Ivory Coast
CAD 4,283
15.9%
4
Cameroon
CAD 4,281
16.0%
5
Mozambique
CAD 4,139
18.7%
6
Zambia
CAD 4,037
20.7%
7
Ghana
CAD 3,976
21.9%
8
Angola
CAD 3,881
23.8%
9
Senegal
CAD 3,742
26.5%
10
Uganda
CAD 3,721
26.9%
11
Nigeria
CAD 3,637
28.6%
12
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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.