Antigua and Barbuda abolished personal income tax in April 2016, so there is no income tax to calculate on a salary at any level. What this page does instead is work out the two contributions that still come off employee pay: Social Security at 7% of insurable earnings and Medical Benefits at 3.5% of gross earnings. Enter a salary in East Caribbean dollars to see both deductions and the resulting take-home pay.
Income tax and employee contributions, 2026 rates.
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Estimates for a single employee with standard allowances, calculated in your browser. Rates checked October 2026. Not tax advice.
The absence of income tax is the whole story on the tax side. Salaries and employment income generally are untaxed, and employees have no income tax filing to complete on their earnings. The calculator therefore applies a rate of 0% to every salary. Anyone comparing Antigua and Barbuda with a taxed country should compare gross salaries, because gross and take-home pay here differ only by the two contributions below.
Social Security, run by the ABSSB, takes 7% of insurable earnings up to EC$6,500 a month, so earnings above EC$78,000 a year attract no further contribution and the largest possible employee payment is EC$5,460 a year. The rate has been stepped up in recent years and some guides still print 6%, so treat the exact rate as approximate. Medical Benefits takes 3.5% of gross earnings with no cap for employees aged 16 to 59, dropping to 2.5% from age 60 to 69 and nothing from age 70. An Education Levy is described by some sources as a 1% employee charge, but reports conflict over who actually pays it, so it is left out.
| Taxable income band | Rate |
|---|---|
| Up to EC$0 | 0% |
Bands apply to taxable income — what is left after any allowance.
| Gross salary | Income tax | Social | Take-home | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC$67,500 | EC$0 | EC$7,088 | EC$60,413 | 10.5% |
| EC$135,000 | EC$0 | EC$10,185 | EC$124,815 | 7.5% |
| EC$270,000 | EC$0 | EC$14,910 | EC$255,090 | 5.5% |
| EC$540,000 | EC$0 | EC$24,360 | EC$515,640 | 4.5% |
On EC$135,000 a year, take-home pay in Antigua and Barbuda is EC$124,815 — about EC$10,401 a month — after EC$0 in income tax and EC$10,185 in social contributions. Salary levels are the local equivalents of US$25,000 / $50,000 / $100,000 / $200,000 at the ECB reference rate of 28 October 2026, rounded.
| Contribution | Rate | Applies from | Applies up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security (ABSSB) | 7% | First EC$0 | EC$78,000 |
| Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) | 3.5% | First EC$0 | No cap |
Employee side only. Employer contributions, where a country charges them, do not come out of your pay and are not in these results.
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