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 13 501
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 061
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 135
Total tax
- R 1 196
Net pay
* R 12 305
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
8.9%
91.1%
Net pay
8.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 12 305
Net pay
R 270
Tax the employer pays
R 1 196
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 466
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 270 to pay you R 13 501. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.09 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.9% tax rate now rises to 10.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 162 012 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 14 357. That means that your net pay will be R 147 655 per year, or R 12 305 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.9% 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 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
R 22 500
R 23 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 147 093
9.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 124 660
23.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 149 132
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 149 051
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 146 702
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 146 477
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 145 001
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 144 191
11.0%
6
Peru
ZAR 141 760
12.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 138 555
14.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 136 683
15.6%
9
Chile
ZAR 133 498
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 129 448
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 105 182
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 147 655
8.9%
1
Morocco
ZAR 131 894
18.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 126 589
21.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 124 373
23.2%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 123 486
23.8%
5
Kenya
ZAR 122 660
24.3%
6
Angola
ZAR 120 782
25.5%
7
Ghana
ZAR 119 563
26.2%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 112 441
30.6%
9
Uganda
ZAR 110 607
31.7%
10
Senegal
ZAR 110 061
32.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 106 532
34.2%
12
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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.