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Pakistan Take-Home Salary Calculator

Monthly and annual net salary after income tax and the employee EOBI contribution, for FY 2025-26.

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Net salary after income tax and employee EOBI.

Annual take-home

Income tax

Employee EOBI

Worked example

Suppose your gross package is PKR 2,400,000 a year, which is 200,000 a month. Income tax under the FY 2025-26 salaried slabs comes to 162,000: the first 600,000 is free, the next 600,000 at 1% is 6,000, the 1,000,000 in the 1,200,001 to 2,200,000 band at 11% is 110,000, and the final 200,000 above 2,200,000 at 23% is 46,000, which adds up to 162,000. The employee EOBI contribution is not 1% of your salary, it is 1% of the prescribed minimum wage of 37,000, so it is 370 a month, or 4,440 across twelve months. Subtracting 162,000 of tax and 4,440 of EOBI from the 2,400,000 gross leaves a net of 2,233,560 a year, which is about 186,130 a month in hand. EOBI is deliberately tiny because it is a flat levy on the minimum wage, not on your actual pay.

Item Annual (PKR)
Gross salaryRs 2,400,000
Less income taxRs 162,000
Less employee EOBI (1% of Rs 37,000 x 12)Rs 4,440
Net annual take-homeRs 2,233,560
Net monthly take-homeRs 186,130
Where Rs 2,400,000 gross goes Tax Take-home Rs 2,233,560 Income tax: Rs 162,000 Employee EOBI: Rs 4,440 Net take-home: Rs 2,233,560

How it is calculated

Take-home pay starts from gross salary and removes two statutory deductions. The first is income tax under the progressive salaried slabs, with the 9% surcharge added if taxable income exceeds 10,000,000. The second is the employee Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution contribution, which is 1% of the prescribed minimum wage rather than of your salary, so it is a small fixed amount of roughly 370 a month for almost everyone. The employer separately pays 5% of the same minimum-wage base, but that does not reduce your pay and is not shown here. The tool computes annual tax and twelve months of employee EOBI, subtracts both from gross, and divides by twelve for the monthly figure. Provident fund deductions, voluntary pension contributions and any allowances that are exempt are not modelled by default, so treat the result as the baseline before company-specific items.

Frequently asked questions

What is deducted from a Pakistani salary?
Two things reduce a salaried take-home: income tax under the slabs, and the employee EOBI contribution of 1% of the minimum wage, a small fixed amount each month. This calculator subtracts annual income tax and twelve months of employee EOBI from gross pay. Provident fund and any voluntary deductions are not included by default.
Does the 9% surcharge apply to every salaried person in Pakistan?
No. The surcharge only applies once taxable income exceeds PKR 10,000,000 in a year. Below that threshold the standard slab rates apply without any surcharge. This calculator adds the 9% surcharge automatically for high-income inputs, so the jump in deductions at that boundary is expected.
Why is employee EOBI the same regardless of salary?
EOBI contributions are calculated on the prescribed minimum wage, not on the employee's actual salary. At a minimum wage of PKR 37,000, the employee contribution is 1% of that, which is PKR 370 a month for nearly everyone regardless of whether they earn PKR 50,000 or PKR 500,000 a month. The employer pays a separate 5% on the same base.
Can allowances reduce my income tax in Pakistan?
Some allowances are exempt from tax under the Income Tax Ordinance, such as certain medical and conveyance allowances up to prescribed limits. This calculator works from gross salary without splitting out exempt allowances, so if your package includes a significant tax-free component your actual tax may be lower than the figure shown.

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Sources

  1. FBR — Income Tax Rates for Salaried Individuals, Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan
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