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 1 675 920
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 739 043
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 739 220
Net pay
*
R 936 700
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.1%
55.9%
Net pay
44.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 936 700
Net pay
R 16 936
Tax the employer pays
R 739 220
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 756 156
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 16 936 to pay you R 1 675 920. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.51 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.1% tax rate now rises to 44.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 20 111 040 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 870 640. That means that your net pay will be R 11 240 400 per year, or R 936 700 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.1% 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 11 352 027
43.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 9 767 533
51.4%
2
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.