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 121 128
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 40 313
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 40 491
Net pay
* R 80 637
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 80 637
Net pay
R 1 388
Tax the employer pays
R 40 491
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 41 879
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 388 to pay you R 121 128. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.46 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 34.2%, 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 1 453 536 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 485 886. That means that your net pay will be R 967 650 per year, or R 80 637 per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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 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
R 129 500
R 130 000
R 130 500
R 131 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 071 867
26.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 996 522
31.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 265 647
12.9%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 1 208 791
16.8%
2
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 185 494
18.4%
3
Singapore
ZAR 1 170 977
19.4%
4
Thailand
ZAR 1 136 195
21.8%
5
South Korea
ZAR 1 112 322
23.5%
6
Australia
ZAR 1 063 156
26.9%
7
China
ZAR 1 057 548
27.2%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 1 051 196
27.7%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 1 049 634
27.8%
10
Japan
ZAR 1 041 843
28.3%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 1 025 435
29.5%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 1 008 349
30.6%
13
Philippines
ZAR 1 001 651
31.1%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 974 400
33.0%
15
India
ZAR 826 172
43.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 300 500
10.5%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 167 950
19.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 151 172
20.8%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 097 379
24.5%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 090 195
25.0%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 1 065 446
26.7%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 063 937
26.8%
7
Colombia
ZAR 1 063 586
26.8%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 1 054 217
27.5%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 032 435
29.0%
10
Mexico
ZAR 1 011 902
30.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 944 673
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 060 570
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 026 607
29.4%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 990 935
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 984 658
32.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 979 491
32.6%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 970 304
33.3%
6
South Africa
ZAR 967 650
33.4%
7
Morocco
ZAR 921 553
36.6%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 907 198
37.6%
9
Zambia
ZAR 899 188
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 892 738
38.6%
11
Uganda
ZAR 863 838
40.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 380 859
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 380 859
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 337 253
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 337 253
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 308 182
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 303 538
10.3%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 095 132
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 093 563
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 040 581
28.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 850 008
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.