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 106 920
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 34 488
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 34 665
Net pay
* R 72 255
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 72 255
Net pay
R 1 246
Tax the employer pays
R 34 665
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 35 912
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 246 to pay you R 106 920. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.36 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 33.2%, 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 1 283 040 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 415 983. That means that your net pay will be R 867 057 per year, or R 72 255 per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% 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.
Tax per income
R 106 500
R 107 000
R 107 500
R 108 000
R 108 500
R 109 000
R 109 500
R 110 000
R 110 500
R 111 000
R 111 500
R 112 000
R 112 500
R 113 000
R 113 500
R 114 000
R 114 500
R 115 000
R 115 500
R 116 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 962 750
25.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 899 170
29.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 149 597
10.4%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 049 104
18.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 029 097
19.8%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 996 190
22.4%
4
Panama
ZAR 976 389
23.9%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 965 096
24.8%
6
Brazil
ZAR 940 327
26.7%
7
Colombia
ZAR 935 313
27.1%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 932 867
27.3%
9
Peru
ZAR 928 006
27.7%
10
Mexico
ZAR 902 399
29.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 833 851
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 936 534
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 907 260
29.3%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 874 964
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 873 835
31.9%
4
South Africa
ZAR 867 057
32.4%
5
Ghana
ZAR 866 708
32.5%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 853 970
33.4%
7
Morocco
ZAR 818 234
36.2%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 803 392
37.4%
9
Zambia
ZAR 794 333
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 790 441
38.4%
11
Uganda
ZAR 770 065
40.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 218 888
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 218 888
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 180 397
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 180 397
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 154 736
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 147 534
10.6%
6
Egypt
ZAR 967 260
24.6%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 965 691
24.7%
8
Israel
ZAR 941 230
26.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 750 709
41.5%
10
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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.