Salary tax calculator Pakistan 2025-26
The 2025-26 slabs, for returns covering 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. Looking for the current year? Use the 2026-27 calculator.
How it is worked out
How salary tax is calculated in Pakistan, 2025-26
Your employer deducts income tax from your salary every month under section 149. The amount comes from the slab your yearly taxable income falls in: a fixed tax for the slabs below, plus that slab’s rate on the rest.
- 1
Work out the year’s salary. Monthly gross × 12. Rs. 250,000 a month is Rs. 3,000,000 a year.
- 2
Take off exempt income. Medical allowance up to 10% of basic salary, and Zakat paid. What is left is taxable income.
- 3
Apply the slab. Rs. 3,000,000 sits in the Rs. 2,200,000–3,200,000 slab: Rs. 116,000 + 23% of the amount over Rs. 2,200,000.
- 4
Divide by 12. Rs. 300,000 a year is Rs. 25,000 a month, the figure on your payslip.
In simple words: each rate applies only to the slice of income inside its slab, never to your whole salary. That is why Rs. 250,000 a month is taxed at 10.0% overall, not 23%.
- 250,000 × 12
- 3,000,000
- 0 – 600,000 at 0%
- 0
- 600,000 – 1,200,000 at 1%
- 6,000
- 1,200,000 – 2,200,000 at 11%
- 110,000
- 2,200,000 – 3,000,000 at 23%
- 184,000
Quick answers
Tax on common salaries in 2025-26
Gross monthly salary, no exemptions or deductions. Each salary links to its own page with the full working.
| Monthly salary | Monthly tax | Take-home a month | Effective rate | Change from 2024-25, a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rs. 50,000 | 0 | 50,000 | 0.0% | No change |
| Rs. 100,000 | 500 | 99,500 | 0.5% | 24,000 less |
| Rs. 150,000 | 6,000 | 144,000 | 4.0% | 48,000 less |
| Rs. 200,000 | 13,500 | 186,500 | 6.8% | 68,000 less |
| Rs. 250,000 | 25,000 | 225,000 | 10.0% | 80,000 less |
| Rs. 300,000 | 38,833 | 261,167 | 12.9% | 84,000 less |
| Rs. 500,000 | 106,750 | 393,250 | 21.4% | 84,000 less |
| Rs. 1,000,000 | 307,108 | 692,893 | 30.7% | 126,210 less |
Sources and review
Where these figures come from
Written by
Abdul Qadir Khan, Advocate High Court
Reviewed by
Abdul Qadir Khan, Advocate High Court
Law and sources
- Division I, Part I, First Schedule · ITO 2001
- Salary slabs, as amended by the Finance Act 2025
- Section 149 · ITO 2001
- Monthly deduction by your employer
Dates
- Page updated
- Rates reviewed
- Source links checked
- Next review
- At the next Finance Act
An independent estimate, not an FBR assessment or tax advice. Found an error? Tell us.