Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18,959 TL
Income Tax
- 2,844 TL
Stamp Tax
- 144 TL
Total tax
- 2,988 TL
Net pay
* 15,971 TL
Marginal tax rate
15.8%
Average tax rate
15.8%
84.2%
Net pay
15.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,971 TL
Net pay
2,988 TL
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,988 TL
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 0 TL to pay you 18,959 TL. In other words, every time you spend 10 TL of your hard-earned money, 1.58 TL goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.8% tax rate now rises to 15.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,959 TL a year living in Turkey, you will be taxed 2,988 TL. That means that your net pay will be 15,971 TL per year, or 1,331 TL per month. Your average tax rate is 15.8% and your marginal tax rate is 15.8%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 TL in your salary will be taxed 15.76 TL, hence, your net pay will only increase by 84.24 TL.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 TL bonus will generate an extra 842 TL of net incomes. A 5,000 TL bonus will generate an extra 4,212 TL of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
TRY 18659
1.6%
1
USA
TRY 17317
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
TRY 18959
0.0%
1
Singapore
TRY 18959
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
TRY 18959
0.0%
3
Pakistan
TRY 18588
2.0%
4
Thailand
TRY 18011
5.0%
5
Indonesia
TRY 17291
8.8%
6
Taiwan
TRY 17281
8.9%
7
South Korea
TRY 16933
10.7%
8
Philippines
TRY 16874
11.0%
9
New Zealand
TRY 16705
11.9%
10
India
TRY 16684
12.0%
11
Malaysia
TRY 16564
12.6%
12
China
TRY 16459
13.2%
13
Vietnam
TRY 16120
15.0%
14
Japan
TRY 15406
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
TRY 15016
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
TRY 18509
2.4%
1
Brazil
TRY 17537
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
TRY 17452
8.0%
3
Colombia
TRY 17442
8.0%
4
Ecuador
TRY 17167
9.5%
5
Guatemala
TRY 17141
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
TRY 16968
10.5%
7
Panama
TRY 16873
11.0%
8
Peru
TRY 16589
12.5%
9
Argentina
TRY 15736
17.0%
10
Chile
TRY 15622
17.6%
11
Uruguay
TRY 15527
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
TRY 18769
1.0%
1
Uganda
TRY 17948
5.3%
2
Zambia
TRY 17821
6.0%
3
Morocco
TRY 17681
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
TRY 17537
7.5%
5
Senegal
TRY 17278
8.9%
6
Ghana
TRY 16983
10.4%
7
Kenya
TRY 16814
11.3%
8
Mozambique
TRY 16202
14.5%
9
Cameroon
TRY 15996
15.6%
10
Angola
TRY 15183
19.9%
11
Nigeria
TRY 15161
20.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
TRY 18959
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
TRY 18011
5.0%
2
Qatar
TRY 18011
5.0%
3
Bahrain
TRY 17442
8.0%
4
Oman
TRY 17443
8.0%
5
Lebanon
TRY 16902
10.9%
6
Kuwait
TRY 16873
11.0%
7
Egypt
TRY 16684
12.0%
8
Israel
TRY 16466
13.2%
9
Turkey
TRY 15971
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Turkey, 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.