Social Security at the 2026 DSS rates (6.75% / 8.00%) to EC$7,000 a month and PAYE with the EC$30,000 allowance and 15/25/35% bands, in EC dollars.
Built-in rates (as of 2026-11) · source: Dominica Social Security and the Inland Revenue Division
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For guidance only. These figures follow the official published rates, ceilings and tax tables for Dominica as checked in November 2026 (sources in the Rules panel). They are not tax advice, rates and ceilings change, declared allowances and company rules can alter a payslip, and any point marked unconfirmed should be checked before relying on it. Check anything that matters with the Dominica Social Security and the Inland Revenue Division.
Enter a gross wage and the pay period and this calculator shows the two statutory lines on a Dominica payslip, Social Security and income tax (PAYE), with the employer's Social Security beside them, the net pay and the total cost of employment, in Eastern Caribbean dollars. It follows the Dominica Social Security rate schedule and the Inland Revenue Division's PAYE guide and tax tables.
Social Security steps up every January under a schedule that runs to 2031: for 2026 the employee pays 6.75% and the employer 8.00% (of which 0.25% is the Redundancy Fund) on earnings up to EC$7,000 a month, so the employee contribution stops at EC$472.50 a month. Contributions run from age 16 to pensionable age (65).
PAYE follows the IRD tables exactly: the pay for the period is annualised, the Resident Allowance of EC$30,000 comes off, the bands apply (15% on the first EC$20,000 of chargeable income, 25% on the next EC$30,000, 35% above), and the annual tax is divided back by the number of pay periods. Social Security is not deducted before tax. The calculator reproduces the printed weekly, fortnightly and monthly table cells to the cent.
Mortgage interest (up to EC$25,000), charitable donations and student-loan interest can reduce PAYE but need an IRD directive, so they are not applied here. Drag the slider to see the allowance, bands and Social Security ceiling, and open the Rules panel for sources and dates.
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For 2026, 6.75% from the employee and 8.00% from the employer (7.75% plus 0.25% Redundancy Fund) on insurable earnings up to EC$7,000 a month. From 1 January 2027 the employee rate rises to 7.00%, and the schedule continues to 7.50% / 8.50% in 2031.
EC$30,000 a year for every resident individual (the Resident Allowance), effective since 1 January 2018. Pay above it is taxed at 15% on the first EC$20,000 of chargeable income, 25% on the next EC$30,000 and 35% on the rest.
The IRD tables annualise the period's pay, take off the EC$30,000 allowance, apply the bands and divide by the pay periods (52, 26 or 12). A monthly salary of EC$4,000, for example, gives EC$225.00 of tax: (48,000 - 30,000) x 15% / 12. Pay above the monthly table is computed the same way (Table A).
No. The IRD tables take only the Resident Allowance into account, and Social Security is not among the deductions the IRD lists, so PAYE is computed on gross pay.
Yes: the Social Security rates are from the DSS Table of Employee/Employer Contribution Rates 2012-2031 and the EC$7,000 ceiling from the DSS FAQ; PAYE from the IRD's current income tax rates page and its P.A.Y.E. Guide and Tax Tables effective 1 January 2018, which are still the latest published. DSS publishes only a monthly ceiling, so the weekly figure is derived.
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