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 125 004
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 41 903
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 42 080
Net pay
*
R 82 924
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 82 924
Net pay
R 1 427
Tax the employer pays
R 42 080
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 43 507
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 427 to pay you R 125 004. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.48 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 34.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 1 500 048 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 504 956. That means that your net pay will be R 995 092 per year, or R 82 924 per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 101 728
26.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 022 843
31.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 304 251
13.1%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 1 242 180
17.2%
2
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 227 354
18.2%
3
Singapore
ZAR 1 212 140
19.2%
4
Thailand
ZAR 1 168 753
22.1%
5
South Korea
ZAR 1 140 548
24.0%
6
Australia
ZAR 1 091 528
27.2%
7
China
ZAR 1 090 106
27.3%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 1 081 713
27.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 1 081 076
27.9%
10
Japan
ZAR 1 071 073
28.6%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 1 055 668
29.6%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 1 038 349
30.8%
13
Philippines
ZAR 1 032 039
31.2%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 1 004 633
33.0%
15
India
ZAR 851 140
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 341 667
10.6%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 200 322
20.0%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 184 475
21.0%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 124 984
25.0%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 121 242
25.3%
5
Colombia
ZAR 1 098 600
26.8%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 097 658
26.8%
7
Ecuador
ZAR 1 092 821
27.2%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 1 087 322
27.5%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 060 923
29.3%
10
Mexico
ZAR 1 042 592
30.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 974 906
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 094 408
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 059 166
29.4%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 1 022 573
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 1 014 891
32.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 1 010 259
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 1 002 040
33.2%
6
South Africa
ZAR 995 092
33.7%
7
Morocco
ZAR 949 738
36.7%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 935 517
37.6%
9
Zambia
ZAR 927 793
38.2%
10
Senegal
ZAR 920 645
38.6%
11
Uganda
ZAR 889 419
40.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 425 046
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 425 046
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 380 044
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 380 044
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 350 043
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 346 096
10.3%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 130 016
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 128 447
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 067 186
28.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 877 097
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.