Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
₱ 48,700
SSS
- ₱ 1,728
PhilHealth
- ₱ 1,650
Pagibig
- ₱ 886
Total tax
- ₱ 4,264
Net pay
* ₱ 44,436
Marginal tax rate
4.8%
Average tax rate
8.8%
91.2%
Net pay
8.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
₱ 44,436
Net pay
₱ 5,801
Tax the employer pays
₱ 4,264
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
₱ 10,065
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 5,801 to pay you ₱ 48,700. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 2.07 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.8% tax rate now rises to 18.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make ₱ 48,700 a year living in Philippines, you will be taxed ₱ 4,264. That means that your net pay will be ₱ 44,436 per year, or ₱ 3,703 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.8% and your marginal tax rate is 4.8%. 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 ₱ 4.81, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₱ 95.19.
Bonus Example
A ₱ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₱ 952 of net incomes. A ₱ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₱ 4,760 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PHP 47244
3.0%
1
USA
PHP 44482
8.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Philippines, 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.