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 12 438
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 870
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 124
Total tax
- R 994
Net pay
* R 11 444
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
8.0%
92.0%
Net pay
8.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 11 444
Net pay
R 249
Tax the employer pays
R 994
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 243
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 249 to pay you R 12 438. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8% tax rate now rises to 9.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 149 256 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 11 934. That means that your net pay will be R 137 322 per year, or R 11 444 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.0% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
R 20 500
R 21 000
R 21 500
R 22 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 135 888
9.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 115 205
22.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 137 390
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 137 316
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 135 151
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 134 945
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 133 584
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 132 838
11.0%
6
Peru
ZAR 130 599
12.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 128 878
13.7%
8
Brazil
ZAR 127 714
14.4%
9
Chile
ZAR 122 987
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 119 256
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 96 891
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 137 322
8.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 123 467
17.3%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 117 405
21.3%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 115 584
22.6%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 115 448
22.7%
5
Kenya
ZAR 113 846
23.7%
6
Angola
ZAR 111 441
25.3%
7
Ghana
ZAR 110 522
26.0%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 103 764
30.5%
9
Uganda
ZAR 102 315
31.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 101 769
31.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 99 325
33.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 141 793
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 141 793
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 137 315
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 137 316
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 134 330
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 132 838
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 129 629
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 116 804
21.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 115 353
22.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 88 910
40.4%
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.