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 118 733
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 39 331
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 39 509
Net pay
* R 79 224
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 79 224
Net pay
R 1 364
Tax the employer pays
R 39 509
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 40 873
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 364 to pay you R 118 733. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.44 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 34.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 424 796 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 474 103. That means that your net pay will be R 950 693 per year, or R 79 224 per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 118 500
R 119 000
R 119 500
R 120 000
R 120 500
R 121 000
R 121 500
R 122 000
R 122 500
R 123 000
R 123 500
R 124 000
R 124 500
R 125 000
R 125 500
R 126 000
R 126 500
R 127 000
R 127 500
R 128 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 053 458
26.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 980 258
31.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 275 063
10.5%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 147 947
19.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 130 595
20.7%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 080 322
24.2%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 071 011
24.8%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 1 048 530
26.4%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 043 100
26.8%
7
Colombia
ZAR 1 041 964
26.9%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 1 033 761
27.4%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 014 832
28.8%
10
Mexico
ZAR 992 999
30.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 925 992
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 353 556
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 353 556
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 310 812
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 310 812
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 282 316
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 277 241
10.4%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 073 577
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 072 008
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 024 142
28.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 833 269
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.