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 10 750
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 566
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 108
Total tax
- R 674
Net pay
* R 10 076
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
6.3%
93.7%
Net pay
6.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 10 076
Net pay
R 215
Tax the employer pays
R 674
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 889
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 215 to pay you R 10 750. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.83 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.3% tax rate now rises to 8.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 129 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 085. That means that your net pay will be R 120 915 per year, or R 10 076 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.3% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 129 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
ZAR 129 000
0.0%
2
Norway
ZAR 123 161
4.5%
3
Spain
ZAR 120 808
6.4%
4
Switzerland
ZAR 119 737
7.2%
5
Italy
ZAR 117 145
9.2%
6
France
ZAR 116 487
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
ZAR 114 810
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
ZAR 114 734
11.1%
9
Austria
ZAR 114 496
11.2%
10
Russia
ZAR 112 230
13.0%
11
Hungary
ZAR 105 135
18.5%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 103 845
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 103 619
19.7%
14
Sweden
ZAR 102 509
20.5%
15
Poland
ZAR 101 296
21.5%
16
Greece
ZAR 100 815
21.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 95 579
25.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 89 332
30.8%
19
Belgium
ZAR 87 720
32.0%
20
Denmark
ZAR 85 697
33.6%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 81 179
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 75 465
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 117 848
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 100 669
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 129 000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 129 000
0.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 122 005
5.4%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 121 445
5.9%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 117 582
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 115 018
10.8%
6
South Korea
ZAR 113 928
11.7%
7
Malaysia
ZAR 113 832
11.8%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 113 662
11.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 113 104
12.3%
10
India
ZAR 106 167
17.7%
11
Japan
ZAR 104 824
18.7%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 104 550
19.0%
13
Singapore
ZAR 103 260
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 102 168
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 92 674
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 118 744
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 118 680
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 116 810
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 116 631
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 115 455
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 114 810
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 113 064
12.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 112 875
12.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 112 762
12.6%
9
Chile
ZAR 106 296
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 103 071
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 83 725
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 120 915
6.3%
1
Morocco
ZAR 109 732
14.9%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 102 147
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 101 622
21.2%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 101 564
21.3%
5
Kenya
ZAR 99 743
22.7%
6
Angola
ZAR 96 606
25.1%
7
Ghana
ZAR 96 166
25.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 89 986
30.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 89 149
30.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 88 668
31.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 87 881
31.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 122 550
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 122 550
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 118 680
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 118 680
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 116 100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 114 810
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 112 037
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 101 171
21.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 100 161
22.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 78 494
39.2%
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.