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 142 608
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 49 141
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 49 319
Net pay
*
R 93 289
Marginal tax rate
41.3%
Average tax rate
34.6%
65.4%
Net pay
34.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 93 289
Net pay
R 1 603
Tax the employer pays
R 49 319
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 50 922
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 603 to pay you R 142 608. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.6% tax rate now rises to 35.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 1 711 296 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 591 823. That means that your net pay will be R 1 119 473 per year, or R 93 289 per month. Your average tax rate is 34.6% and your marginal tax rate is 41.3%. 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 41.28, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 58.72.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 587 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 936 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 237 410
27.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 142 389
33.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 479 587
13.5%
1
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 417 478
17.2%
2
Singapore
ZAR 1 395 888
18.4%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 1 390 054
18.8%
4
Thailand
ZAR 1 316 627
23.1%
5
South Korea
ZAR 1 265 825
26.0%
6
China
ZAR 1 237 980
27.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 1 223 880
28.5%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 1 222 686
28.6%
9
Australia
ZAR 1 220 390
28.7%
10
Japan
ZAR 1 203 834
29.7%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 1 192 979
30.3%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 1 174 415
31.4%
13
Philippines
ZAR 1 170 054
31.6%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 1 141 944
33.3%
15
India
ZAR 964 538
43.6%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 528 638
10.7%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 345 304
21.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 335 729
22.0%
3
Uruguay
ZAR 1 268 605
25.9%
4
Panama
ZAR 1 262 250
26.2%
5
Colombia
ZAR 1 254 945
26.7%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 250 813
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 250 360
26.9%
8
Ecuador
ZAR 1 217 157
28.9%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 190 313
30.4%
10
Mexico
ZAR 1 182 016
30.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 1 112 217
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 248 091
27.1%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 207 039
29.5%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 1 166 264
31.9%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 1 152 202
32.7%
4
Ghana
ZAR 1 150 000
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 1 146 180
33.0%
6
South Africa
ZAR 1 119 473
34.6%
7
Morocco
ZAR 1 077 752
37.0%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 1 064 135
37.8%
9
Zambia
ZAR 1 057 710
38.2%
10
Senegal
ZAR 1 047 394
38.8%
11
Uganda
ZAR 1 005 606
41.2%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 625 731
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 625 731
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 574 392
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 574 392
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 540 166
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 539 389
10.1%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 288 452
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 286 883
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 188 020
30.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 1 000 130
41.6%
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.