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 123 250
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 41 183
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 41 361
Net pay
* R 81 889
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 81 889
Net pay
R 1 410
Tax the employer pays
R 41 361
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 42 770
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 410 to pay you R 123 250. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.47 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 34.3%, 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 1 479 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 496 326. That means that your net pay will be R 982 674 per year, or R 81 889 per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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 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
R 131 500
R 132 000
R 132 500
R 133 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 088 215
26.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 010 932
31.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 323 038
10.6%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 185 673
19.8%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 169 405
20.9%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 112 492
24.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 107 192
25.1%
5
Colombia
ZAR 1 082 755
26.8%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 082 398
26.8%
7
Ecuador
ZAR 1 080 433
27.0%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 1 072 341
27.5%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 048 032
29.1%
10
Mexico
ZAR 1 028 700
30.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 961 225
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 079 095
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 044 432
29.4%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 1 008 256
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 1 001 210
32.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 996 336
32.6%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 987 679
33.2%
6
South Africa
ZAR 982 674
33.6%
7
Morocco
ZAR 936 984
36.7%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 922 702
37.6%
9
Zambia
ZAR 914 848
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 908 017
38.6%
11
Uganda
ZAR 877 843
40.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 405 050
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 405 050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 360 680
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 360 680
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 331 100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 326 838
10.3%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 114 230
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 112 661
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 055 147
28.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 864 838
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.