Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$37,120
Federal tax deduction
- $5,000
Provincial tax deduction
- $2,112
CPP deduction
- $1,916
EI deduction
- $587
Total tax
- $9,614
Net pay
* $27,506
Marginal tax rate
28.9%
Average tax rate
25.9%
74.1%
Net pay
25.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$27,506
Net pay
$2,737
Tax the employer pays
$9,614
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$12,352
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $2,737 to pay you $37,120. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.9% tax rate now rises to 31.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $37,120 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $9,614. That means that your net pay will be $27,506 per year, or $2,292 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.9% and your marginal tax rate is 28.9%. 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 $28.87, hence, your net pay will only increase by $71.13.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $711 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,557 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Nunavut
CAD 28,233
23.9%
1
British Columbia
CAD 27,880
24.9%
2
Northwest Territories
CAD 27,575
25.7%
3
Ontario
CAD 27,506
25.9%
4
Yukon
CAD 27,485
26.0%
5
Quebec
CAD 27,312
26.4%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 26,585
28.4%
7
New Brunswick
CAD 26,364
29.0%
8
Alberta
CAD 26,156
29.5%
9
Nova Scotia
CAD 26,111
29.7%
10
Prince Edward Island
CAD 26,019
29.9%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 25,983
30.0%
12
Manitoba
CAD 25,826
30.4%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 30,780
17.1%
1
Canada
CAD 27,506
25.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CAD 33,561
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CAD 32,819
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
CAD 32,719
11.9%
3
Ecuador
CAD 31,775
14.4%
4
Colombia
CAD 30,656
17.4%
5
Panama
CAD 30,382
18.2%
6
Chile
CAD 29,885
19.5%
7
Mexico
CAD 28,870
22.2%
8
Peru
CAD 28,444
23.4%
9
Brazil
CAD 27,694
25.4%
10
Uruguay
CAD 26,866
27.6%
11
Argentina
CAD 24,118
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 29,443
20.7%
1
Angola
CAD 27,246
26.6%
2
Mozambique
CAD 27,195
26.7%
3
Kenya
CAD 26,690
28.1%
4
Ghana
CAD 25,944
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 25,900
30.2%
6
Morocco
CAD 25,642
30.9%
7
Nigeria
CAD 25,422
31.5%
8
Uganda
CAD 24,538
33.9%
9
Cameroon
CAD 24,317
34.5%
10
Senegal
CAD 23,865
35.7%
11
Zambia
CAD 23,236
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 35,264
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 35,264
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 34,150
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 34,150
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 33,408
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 33,037
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 31,312
15.7%
7
Egypt
CAD 28,225
24.0%
8
Lebanon
CAD 28,104
24.3%
9
Turkey
CAD 21,886
41.0%
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.