Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$ 83,850
MPF
- $ 630
Total tax
- $ 630
Net pay
* $ 83,220
Marginal tax rate
74.2%
Average tax rate
0.8%
99.2%
Net pay
0.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$ 83,220
Net pay
$ 630
Tax the employer pays
$ 630
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$ 1,261
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $ 630 to pay you $ 83,850. In other words, every time you spend $ 10 of your hard-earned money, $ 0.15 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.8% tax rate now rises to 1.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $ 83,850 a year living in Hong Kong, you will be taxed $ 630. That means that your net pay will be $ 83,220 per year, or $ 6,935 per month. Your average tax rate is 0.8% and your marginal tax rate is 74.2%. 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 $ 74.16, hence, your net pay will only increase by $ 25.84.
Bonus Example
A $ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 258 of net incomes. A $ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 1,292 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
HKD 75713
9.7%
1
Canada
HKD 64122
23.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
HKD 83850
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
HKD 83220
0.8%
2
Thailand
HKD 78684
6.2%
3
Taiwan
HKD 76428
8.9%
4
Pakistan
HKD 75804
9.6%
5
South Korea
HKD 73758
12.0%
6
Malaysia
HKD 73478
12.4%
7
New Zealand
HKD 72544
13.5%
8
Indonesia
HKD 72038
14.1%
9
Philippines
HKD 70707
15.7%
10
Japan
HKD 68135
18.7%
11
Singapore
HKD 67093
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
HKD 66409
20.8%
13
Vietnam
HKD 66113
21.2%
14
India
HKD 64736
22.8%
15
China
HKD 59647
28.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
HKD 77225
7.9%
1
Colombia
HKD 77142
8.0%
2
Ecuador
HKD 75926
9.5%
3
Guatemala
HKD 75810
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
HKD 75046
10.5%
5
Panama
HKD 74627
11.0%
6
Mexico
HKD 70350
16.1%
7
Chile
HKD 69092
17.6%
8
Brazil
HKD 68231
18.6%
9
Uruguay
HKD 66996
20.1%
10
Peru
HKD 65944
21.4%
11
Argentina
HKD 54448
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
HKD 74992
10.6%
1
Morocco
HKD 65891
21.4%
2
Mozambique
HKD 64653
22.9%
3
Ivory Coast
HKD 63262
24.6%
4
Kenya
HKD 62628
25.3%
5
Angola
HKD 62323
25.7%
6
Ghana
HKD 61469
26.7%
7
Cameroon
HKD 61388
26.8%
8
Nigeria
HKD 57999
30.8%
9
Uganda
HKD 56784
32.3%
10
Senegal
HKD 56549
32.6%
11
Zambia
HKD 53844
35.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
HKD 79657
5.0%
1
Qatar
HKD 79657
5.0%
2
Bahrain
HKD 77142
8.0%
3
Oman
HKD 77142
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
HKD 75465
10.0%
5
Kuwait
HKD 74626
11.0%
6
Israel
HKD 72824
13.2%
7
Egypt
HKD 65032
22.4%
8
Lebanon
HKD 64356
23.3%
9
Turkey
HKD 48123
42.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Hong Kong, 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.