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 10 884
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 590
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 109
Total tax
- R 699
Net pay
* R 10 185
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 10 185
Net pay
R 218
Tax the employer pays
R 699
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 917
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 218 to pay you R 10 884. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.84 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.4% tax rate now rises to 8.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 130 608 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 391. That means that your net pay will be R 122 217 per year, or R 10 185 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.
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 119 286
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 101 799
22.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 122 217
6.4%
1
Morocco
ZAR 110 810
15.2%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 103 385
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 102 736
21.3%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 102 669
21.4%
5
Kenya
ZAR 100 853
22.8%
6
Angola
ZAR 97 784
25.1%
7
Ghana
ZAR 97 305
25.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 91 080
30.3%
9
Uganda
ZAR 90 194
30.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 89 701
31.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 88 789
32.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 124 078
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 124 078
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 120 159
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 120 160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 117 547
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 116 241
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 113 433
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 102 417
21.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 101 367
22.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 79 327
39.3%
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.