Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
E£ 1,718
Social Security
- E£ 157
Income Tax
- E£ 9.55
Total tax
- E£ 167
Net pay
* E£ 1,551
Marginal tax rate
23.3%
Average tax rate
9.7%
90.3%
Net pay
9.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
E£ 1,551
Net pay
E£ 268
Tax the employer pays
E£ 167
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
E£ 434
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer E£ 268 to pay you E£ 1,718. In other words, every time you spend E£ 10 of your hard-earned money, E£ 2.53 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.7% tax rate now rises to 21.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make E£ 20,616 a year living in Egypt, you will be taxed E£ 1,999. That means that your net pay will be E£ 18,617 per year, or E£ 1,551 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.7% and your marginal tax rate is 23.3%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of E£ 100 in your salary will be taxed E£ 23.34, hence, your net pay will only increase by E£ 76.66.
Bonus Example
A E£ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra E£ 767 of net incomes. A E£ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra E£ 3,833 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
EGP 20410
1.0%
1
Uganda
EGP 19540
5.2%
2
Zambia
EGP 19379
6.0%
3
Morocco
EGP 19226
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
EGP 19070
7.5%
5
Ghana
EGP 18789
8.9%
6
Senegal
EGP 18771
9.0%
7
Kenya
EGP 18211
11.7%
8
Mozambique
EGP 17523
15.0%
9
Cameroon
EGP 17394
15.6%
10
Nigeria
EGP 16684
19.1%
11
Angola
EGP 16615
19.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
EGP 20616
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
EGP 19585
5.0%
2
Qatar
EGP 19585
5.0%
3
Bahrain
EGP 18967
8.0%
4
Oman
EGP 18967
8.0%
5
Egypt
EGP 18617
9.7%
6
Lebanon
EGP 18455
10.5%
7
Kuwait
EGP 18348
11.0%
8
Israel
EGP 17905
13.2%
9
Turkey
EGP 17367
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Egypt, 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.