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 164 320
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 58 823
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 59 000
Net pay
* R 105 320
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
35.9%
64.1%
Net pay
35.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 105 320
Net pay
R 1 820
Tax the employer pays
R 59 000
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 60 820
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 820 to pay you R 164 320. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.9% tax rate now rises to 36.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 971 840 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 708 000. That means that your net pay will be R 1 263 840 per year, or R 105 320 per month. Your average tax rate is 35.9% 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
Tax per income
R 164 500
R 165 000
R 165 500
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R 166 500
R 167 000
R 167 500
R 168 000
R 168 500
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R 170 000
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R 171 000
R 171 500
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R 173 500
R 174 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 400 743
29.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 288 941
34.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 695 839
14.0%
1
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 651 967
16.2%
2
Singapore
ZAR 1 617 350
18.0%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 1 572 435
20.3%
4
China
ZAR 1 511 705
23.3%
5
Thailand
ZAR 1 499 007
24.0%
6
South Korea
ZAR 1 420 336
28.0%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 1 400 007
29.0%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 1 394 949
29.3%
9
Australia
ZAR 1 379 322
30.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 1 367 111
30.7%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 1 362 333
30.9%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 1 341 215
32.0%
13
Philippines
ZAR 1 340 276
32.0%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 1 311 298
33.5%
15
India
ZAR 1 104 398
44.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 759 241
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 522 278
22.8%
2
Chile
ZAR 1 514 733
23.2%
3
Uruguay
ZAR 1 449 102
26.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 1 447 056
26.6%
5
Brazil
ZAR 1 439 707
27.0%
6
Panama
ZAR 1 436 163
27.2%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 404 992
28.8%
8
Ecuador
ZAR 1 370 507
30.5%
9
Mexico
ZAR 1 353 975
31.3%
10
Peru
ZAR 1 349 896
31.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 1 281 571
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 437 636
27.1%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 389 420
29.5%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 1 343 486
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 1 323 956
32.9%
4
Ghana
ZAR 1 322 350
32.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 1 321 555
33.0%
6
South Africa
ZAR 1 263 840
35.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 1 235 639
37.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 1 222 768
38.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 1 217 945
38.2%
10
Senegal
ZAR 1 203 721
39.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 1 148 905
41.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 873 248
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 873 248
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 814 093
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 814 093
8.0%
4
Kuwait
ZAR 1 780 537
9.7%
5
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 774 656
10.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 483 860
24.8%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 482 291
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 337 051
32.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 1 151 873
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.