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 119 591
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 39 683
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 39 860
Net pay
* R 79 731
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 79 731
Net pay
R 1 373
Tax the employer pays
R 39 860
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 41 233
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 373 to pay you R 119 591. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.45 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 34.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 435 092 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 478 324. That means that your net pay will be R 956 768 per year, or R 79 731 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.
Tax per income
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
R 128 500
R 129 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 060 047
26.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 986 084
31.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 284 175
10.5%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 155 113
19.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 137 966
20.7%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 086 433
24.3%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 077 884
24.9%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 1 054 590
26.5%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 050 565
26.8%
7
Colombia
ZAR 1 049 710
26.9%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 1 041 090
27.5%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 021 138
28.9%
10
Mexico
ZAR 999 771
30.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 932 684
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 047 152
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 013 696
29.4%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 978 390
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 972 669
32.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 967 291
32.6%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 957 719
33.3%
6
South Africa
ZAR 956 768
33.3%
7
Morocco
ZAR 910 376
36.6%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 895 969
37.6%
9
Zambia
ZAR 887 845
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 881 672
38.6%
11
Uganda
ZAR 853 694
40.5%
12
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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.