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 1 115 357
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 486 790
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 486 967
Net pay
*
R 628 390
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.7%
56.3%
Net pay
43.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 628 390
Net pay
R 11 331
Tax the employer pays
R 486 967
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 498 297
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 11 331 to pay you R 1 115 357. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.47 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.7% tax rate now rises to 44.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 13 384 284 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 843 600. That means that your net pay will be R 7 540 684 per year, or R 628 390 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.7% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 7 766 666
42.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 6 641 583
50.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 11 923 167
10.9%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 11 168 167
16.6%
2
Singapore
ZAR 10 594 286
20.9%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 9 114 819
31.9%
4
Thailand
ZAR 8 948 514
33.1%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 8 780 421
34.4%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 8 729 387
34.8%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 8 485 227
36.6%
8
Philippines
ZAR 8 436 351
37.0%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 8 356 542
37.6%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 8 247 298
38.4%
11
China
ZAR 7 873 866
41.2%
12
Japan
ZAR 7 689 934
42.6%
13
South Korea
ZAR 7 532 773
43.7%
14
Australia
ZAR 7 440 369
44.4%
15
India
ZAR 5 476 608
59.1%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 11 860 178
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 9 713 729
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 9 188 577
31.4%
3
Panama
ZAR 9 053 969
32.4%
4
Mexico
ZAR 8 786 770
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 8 755 525
34.6%
6
Argentina
ZAR 8 699 659
35.0%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 8 621 341
35.6%
8
Colombia
ZAR 8 589 403
35.8%
9
Chile
ZAR 8 470 563
36.7%
10
Peru
ZAR 8 340 018
37.7%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 7 881 315
41.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 9 740 189
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 9 378 131
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 9 110 952
31.9%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 9 106 230
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 8 871 681
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 8 739 644
34.7%
6
Zambia
ZAR 8 236 598
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 8 171 234
39.0%
8
Morocco
ZAR 8 151 443
39.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 8 051 187
39.9%
10
South Africa
ZAR 7 540 684
43.7%
11
Uganda
ZAR 7 425 749
44.5%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 13 192 980
1.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 13 124 623
1.9%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 13 089 420
2.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 12 715 070
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 12 715 070
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 12 313 541
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 10 043 193
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 10 041 624
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 7 798 595
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 7 133 734
46.7%
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.