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 13 688
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 095
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 137
Total tax
- R 1 232
Net pay
* R 12 456
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
9.0%
91.0%
Net pay
9.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 12 456
Net pay
R 274
Tax the employer pays
R 1 232
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 506
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 274 to pay you R 13 688. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.10 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9% tax rate now rises to 10.8%, 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 164 256 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 14 784. That means that your net pay will be R 149 472 per year, or R 12 456 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.0% 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 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 149 064
9.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 126 324
23.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 149 472
9.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 133 361
18.8%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 128 205
22.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 125 919
23.3%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 124 794
24.0%
5
Kenya
ZAR 124 210
24.4%
6
Angola
ZAR 122 426
25.5%
7
Ghana
ZAR 121 153
26.2%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 113 967
30.6%
9
Uganda
ZAR 112 065
31.8%
10
Senegal
ZAR 111 519
32.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 107 800
34.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 156 043
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 156 043
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 151 116
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 151 115
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 147 830
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 146 188
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 142 656
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 128 172
22.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 126 603
22.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 96 446
41.3%
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.