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 14 736
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 284
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 147
Total tax
- R 1 431
Net pay
* R 13 305
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
9.7%
90.3%
Net pay
9.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 13 305
Net pay
R 295
Tax the employer pays
R 1 431
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 726
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 295 to pay you R 14 736. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
11.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.7% tax rate now rises to 11.5%, 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 176 832 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 17 173. That means that your net pay will be R 159 659 per year, or R 13 305 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.7% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 23 500
R 24 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 160 111
9.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 135 646
23.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 176 832
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 176 832
0.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 166 624
5.8%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 161 722
8.5%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 161 181
8.9%
5
Malaysia
ZAR 155 803
11.9%
6
South Korea
ZAR 155 700
12.0%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 153 955
12.9%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 152 541
13.7%
9
Philippines
ZAR 150 782
14.7%
10
Japan
ZAR 143 691
18.7%
11
Singapore
ZAR 141 568
19.9%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 140 665
20.5%
13
Kazakhstan
ZAR 140 051
20.8%
14
India
ZAR 138 310
21.8%
15
China
ZAR 126 037
28.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 162 817
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 162 685
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 160 121
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 159 876
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 158 265
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 157 381
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 149 798
15.3%
7
Brazil
ZAR 146 600
17.1%
8
Chile
ZAR 145 710
17.6%
9
Peru
ZAR 145 284
17.8%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 141 289
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 114 815
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 159 659
9.7%
1
Morocco
ZAR 141 473
20.0%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 137 259
22.4%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 134 583
23.9%
4
Kenya
ZAR 132 914
24.8%
5
Cameroon
ZAR 132 126
25.3%
6
Angola
ZAR 131 636
25.6%
7
Ghana
ZAR 130 066
26.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 122 521
30.7%
9
Uganda
ZAR 120 240
32.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 119 694
32.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 114 906
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 167 990
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 167 990
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 162 685
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 162 685
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 159 149
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 157 380
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 153 579
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 137 604
22.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 136 035
23.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 102 764
41.9%
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.