Income tax calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 104 694
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 33 575
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 33 753
Net pay
* R 70 941
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 70 941
Net pay
R 1 224
Tax the employer pays
R 33 753
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 34 977
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 224 to pay you R 104 694. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 33.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 256 328 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 405 031. That means that your net pay will be R 851 297 per year, or R 70 941 per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of R 100 in your salary will be taxed R 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 104 500
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R 107 000
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R 108 000
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R 110 000
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 945 657
24.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 882 584
29.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 125 955
10.4%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 028 671
18.1%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 009 971
19.6%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 980 336
22.0%
4
Panama
ZAR 958 559
23.7%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 949 148
24.5%
6
Brazil
ZAR 920 961
26.7%
7
Colombia
ZAR 915 217
27.2%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 913 854
27.3%
9
Peru
ZAR 911 645
27.4%
10
Mexico
ZAR 885 510
29.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 816 488
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of South Africa, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.