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 1 706 554 720
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 767 934 503
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 767 934 680
Net pay
*
R 938 620 040
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 938 620 040
Net pay
R 17 065 724
Tax the employer pays
R 767 934 680
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 785 000 404
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 17 065 724 to pay you R 1 706 554 720. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 20 478 656 640 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 9 215 216 160. That means that your net pay will be R 11 263 440 480 per year, or R 938 620 040 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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 10 915 756 832
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 9 516 935 508
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 18 430 668 287
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 16 997 344 223
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 15 973 506 724
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 13 843 638 786
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 13 311 156 612
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 13 311 207 453
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 13 311 375 546
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 12 713 959 089
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 12 492 172 679
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 12 287 648 640
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 12 082 553 335
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 11 263 773 661
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 11 037 005 397
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 10 854 034 718
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 10 675 810 767
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 2 360 419 359
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 18 125 283 900
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 14 847 036 187
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 13 746 502 646
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 13 669 623 267
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 13 311 213 802
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 13 311 126 691
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 13 239 554 103
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 12 543 319 336
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 12 491 914 887
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 12 438 409 159
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 12 287 633 976
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 11 682 602 910
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 14 898 225 828
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 14 335 068 780
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 13 973 077 912
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 13 929 584 487
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 13 546 649 345
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 13 311 166 675
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 12 594 379 097
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 12 468 452 308
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 12 409 860 907
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 12 287 214 601
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 11 263 440 480
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 11 263 325 545
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 20 478 396 979
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 20 478 465 336
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 20 273 709 053
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 19 454 723 808
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 19 454 723 808
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 18 840 364 109
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 15 358 997 460
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 15 358 995 891
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 11 926 977 867
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 10 239 769 912
50.0%
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.