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 1 310 924 160
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 589 900 751
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 589 900 928
Net pay
*
R 721 023 232
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 721 023 232
Net pay
R 13 109 419
Tax the employer pays
R 589 900 928
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 603 010 347
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 13 109 419 to pay you R 1 310 924 160. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 15 731 089 920 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 078 811 136. That means that your net pay will be R 8 652 278 784 per year, or R 721 023 232 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 8 385 303 770
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 7 310 722 263
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 14 157 858 239
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 13 056 863 845
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 12 270 404 682
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 10 634 283 717
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 10 225 238 199
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 10 225 289 085
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 10 225 457 178
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 9 766 511 537
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 9 596 156 980
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 9 439 108 608
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 9 281 536 446
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 8 652 611 965
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 8 478 407 099
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 8 337 824 356
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 8 200 966 519
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 1 814 115 961
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 13 923 302 800
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 11 405 050 315
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 10 559 698 485
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 10 500 622 481
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 10 225 295 434
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 10 225 208 323
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 10 170 252 219
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 9 635 434 720
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 9 596 013 011
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 9 554 927 036
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 9 439 093 944
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 8 974 282 261
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 11 444 371 040
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 11 011 772 076
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 10 733 694 450
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 10 700 289 604
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 10 406 133 959
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 10 225 248 307
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 9 674 625 564
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 9 577 896 311
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 9 532 892 446
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 9 438 674 569
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 8 652 278 784
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 8 652 163 849
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 15 730 830 259
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 15 730 898 616
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 15 573 618 000
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 14 944 535 424
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 14 944 535 424
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 14 472 602 726
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 11 798 322 420
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 11 798 320 851
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 9 161 947 534
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 7 865 986 552
50.0%
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.