Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$ 12,394
Income Tax
- $ 381
MPF
- $ 620
Total tax
- $ 1,001
Net pay
* $ 11,393
Marginal tax rate
18.1%
Average tax rate
8.1%
91.9%
Net pay
8.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$ 11,393
Net pay
$ 620
Tax the employer pays
$ 1,001
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$ 1,620
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $ 620 to pay you $ 12,394. In other words, every time you spend $ 10 of your hard-earned money, $ 1.31 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.1% tax rate now rises to 12.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $ 297,456 a year living in Hong Kong, you will be taxed $ 24,019. That means that your net pay will be $ 273,437 per year, or $ 22,786 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.1% and your marginal tax rate is 18.1%. 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 $ 18.06, hence, your net pay will only increase by $ 81.94.
Bonus Example
A $ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 819 of net incomes. A $ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 4,097 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
HKD 238556
19.8%
1
Canada
HKD 216493
27.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
HKD 273437
8.1%
1
Taiwan
HKD 263210
11.5%
2
Thailand
HKD 251763
15.4%
3
Australia
HKD 243358
18.2%
4
South Korea
HKD 243126
18.3%
5
Kazakhstan
HKD 238907
19.7%
6
New Zealand
HKD 236374
20.5%
7
Singapore
HKD 230250
22.6%
8
Indonesia
HKD 229505
22.8%
9
Pakistan
HKD 227122
23.7%
10
Japan
HKD 224733
24.5%
11
Malaysia
HKD 221532
25.5%
12
Philippines
HKD 216735
27.1%
13
Vietnam
HKD 207899
30.1%
14
China
HKD 197197
33.7%
15
India
HKD 186931
37.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
HKD 221802
25.4%
1
Angola
HKD 217744
26.8%
2
Kenya
HKD 212152
28.7%
3
Mozambique
HKD 210512
29.2%
4
Ghana
HKD 204509
31.3%
5
Nigeria
HKD 203294
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
HKD 200748
32.5%
7
Morocco
HKD 197794
33.5%
8
Uganda
HKD 191332
35.7%
9
Cameroon
HKD 190672
35.9%
10
Senegal
HKD 187352
37.0%
11
Zambia
HKD 185202
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
HKD 282583
5.0%
1
Qatar
HKD 282583
5.0%
2
Bahrain
HKD 273660
8.0%
3
Oman
HKD 273660
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
HKD 267710
10.0%
5
Kuwait
HKD 264736
11.0%
6
Israel
HKD 240309
19.2%
7
Egypt
HKD 225237
24.3%
8
Lebanon
HKD 224561
24.5%
9
Turkey
HKD 174729
41.3%
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.