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 10 844
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 583
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 108
Total tax
- R 692
Net pay
* R 10 152
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
6.4%
93.6%
Net pay
6.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 10 152
Net pay
R 217
Tax the employer pays
R 692
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 908
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 217 to pay you R 10 844. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.84 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.4% tax rate now rises to 8.2%, 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 130 128 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 299. That means that your net pay will be R 121 829 per year, or R 10 152 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.4% 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
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R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 118 856
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 101 460
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 130 128
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 130 128
0.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 123 077
5.4%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 122 432
5.9%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 118 610
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 115 866
11.0%
6
South Korea
ZAR 114 913
11.7%
7
Malaysia
ZAR 114 827
11.8%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 114 656
11.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 114 034
12.4%
10
India
ZAR 106 925
17.8%
11
Japan
ZAR 105 740
18.7%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 105 408
19.0%
13
Singapore
ZAR 104 172
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 103 061
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 93 461
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 119 783
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 119 718
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 117 831
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 117 651
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 116 465
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 115 814
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 113 961
12.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 113 862
12.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 113 604
12.7%
9
Chile
ZAR 107 225
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 103 972
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 84 458
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 121 829
6.4%
1
Morocco
ZAR 110 488
15.1%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 103 015
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 102 405
21.3%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 102 339
21.4%
5
Kenya
ZAR 100 522
22.8%
6
Angola
ZAR 97 432
25.1%
7
Ghana
ZAR 96 965
25.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 90 753
30.3%
9
Uganda
ZAR 89 882
30.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 89 393
31.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 88 518
32.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 123 622
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 123 622
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 119 718
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 119 718
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 117 115
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 115 814
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 113 016
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 102 045
21.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 101 007
22.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 79 078
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.