Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$31,457
Federal tax deduction
- $4,212
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,783
CPP deduction
- $1,594
EI deduction
- $497
Total tax
- $8,085
Net pay
* $23,372
Marginal tax rate
25.9%
Average tax rate
25.7%
74.3%
Net pay
25.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$23,372
Net pay
$2,289
Tax the employer pays
$8,085
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$10,375
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $2,289 to pay you $31,457. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.7% tax rate now rises to 30.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $31,457 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $8,085. That means that your net pay will be $23,372 per year, or $1,948 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.7% and your marginal tax rate is 25.9%. 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 $25.87, hence, your net pay will only increase by $74.13.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $741 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,707 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Nunavut
CAD 23,980
23.8%
1
British Columbia
CAD 23,818
24.3%
2
Quebec
CAD 23,596
25.0%
3
Northwest Territories
CAD 23,422
25.5%
4
Ontario
CAD 23,372
25.7%
5
Yukon
CAD 23,357
25.7%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 22,600
28.2%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 22,458
28.6%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 22,394
28.8%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 22,241
29.3%
10
Alberta
CAD 22,218
29.4%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 22,071
29.8%
12
Manitoba
CAD 21,980
30.1%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 26,540
15.6%
1
Canada
CAD 23,372
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CAD 29,760
5.4%
1
Taiwan
CAD 28,336
9.9%
2
Thailand
CAD 28,253
10.2%
3
Australia
CAD 28,010
11.0%
4
South Korea
CAD 26,633
15.3%
5
New Zealand
CAD 26,328
16.3%
6
Pakistan
CAD 25,960
17.5%
7
Indonesia
CAD 25,616
18.6%
8
Malaysia
CAD 25,356
19.4%
9
Kazakhstan
CAD 25,115
20.2%
10
Japan
CAD 25,088
20.3%
11
Singapore
CAD 24,951
20.7%
12
Philippines
CAD 24,250
22.9%
13
Vietnam
CAD 23,263
26.1%
14
China
CAD 22,150
29.6%
15
India
CAD 21,094
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CAD 28,441
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CAD 28,114
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CAD 28,032
10.9%
3
Ecuador
CAD 27,344
13.1%
4
Colombia
CAD 26,668
15.2%
5
Panama
CAD 26,098
17.0%
6
Chile
CAD 25,426
19.2%
7
Mexico
CAD 24,872
20.9%
8
Peru
CAD 24,182
23.1%
9
Brazil
CAD 23,589
25.0%
10
Uruguay
CAD 23,020
26.8%
11
Argentina
CAD 20,437
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 25,572
18.7%
1
Mozambique
CAD 23,417
25.6%
2
Angola
CAD 23,126
26.5%
3
Kenya
CAD 22,726
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
CAD 22,214
29.4%
5
Morocco
CAD 22,210
29.4%
6
Ghana
CAD 22,198
29.4%
7
Nigeria
CAD 21,570
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CAD 20,869
33.7%
9
Uganda
CAD 20,857
33.7%
10
Senegal
CAD 20,444
35.0%
11
Zambia
CAD 19,753
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 29,884
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 29,884
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 28,940
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 28,940
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 28,311
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 27,997
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 27,005
14.2%
7
Egypt
CAD 23,978
23.8%
8
Lebanon
CAD 23,856
24.2%
9
Turkey
CAD 18,374
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ontario 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.