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 121 411
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 40 429
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 40 607
Net pay
* R 80 804
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 80 804
Net pay
R 1 391
Tax the employer pays
R 40 607
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 41 998
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 391 to pay you R 121 411. 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 1 456 932 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 487 279. That means that your net pay will be R 969 653 per year, or R 80 804 per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% 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 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 1 074 047
26.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 998 443
31.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 268 465
12.9%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 1 211 308
16.9%
2
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 188 550
18.4%
3
Singapore
ZAR 1 173 982
19.4%
4
Thailand
ZAR 1 138 572
21.9%
5
South Korea
ZAR 1 114 608
23.5%
6
Australia
ZAR 1 065 228
26.9%
7
China
ZAR 1 059 925
27.3%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 1 053 424
27.7%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 1 051 929
27.8%
10
Japan
ZAR 1 043 977
28.3%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 1 027 643
29.5%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 1 010 539
30.6%
13
Philippines
ZAR 1 003 870
31.1%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 976 608
33.0%
15
India
ZAR 827 995
43.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 303 506
10.5%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 170 314
19.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 153 604
20.8%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 099 395
24.5%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 092 462
25.0%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 1 067 444
26.7%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 066 399
26.8%
7
Colombia
ZAR 1 066 142
26.8%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 1 056 634
27.5%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 034 515
29.0%
10
Mexico
ZAR 1 014 136
30.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 946 880
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 384 085
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 384 085
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 340 377
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 340 377
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 311 239
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 306 645
10.3%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 097 679
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 096 110
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 042 524
28.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 851 985
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.