Caribbean Pay Scales

Home / Belize / Take-home pay

How much of your pay will you keep?

Answer one quick question. We'll take off Income Tax and Social Security (SSB), the two deductions on a Belize public-service payslip.

1
BZ$
You'd keep
BZ$0

Where your pay goes

    This is an estimate. It leaves out allowances and voluntary deductions. Your payslip is the final word.

    How the deductions work

    Income Tax
    No tax on the first BZ$29,000 a year. Above that, chargeable income is gross minus a BZ$20,000 deduction, taxed at 25% - with a tapering credit that phases out between BZ$29,000 and BZ$32,000, so there's no sudden jump right above the exemption.
    Social Security (SSB)
    Not a flat percentage - SSB uses 13 weekly wage bands, each with its own fixed contribution. The employee share works out to roughly 2-4.5% of insurable earnings depending on the band, and stops increasing once your weekly pay passes BZ$520 (about BZ$27,040 a year) - above that you pay the same flat amount as everyone else at or above the ceiling.

    Social Security: SSB's official Contribution & Benefit Schedule (effective 4 April 2022, still current). Income Tax: the Income and Business Tax (Amendment) Act, 2024 (effective 1 Jan 2025), reconstructed from cross-checked secondary sources - the government's own hosted copy was unreachable when checked. See every scale's pay on the Belize pay scales page.