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 17 075
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 705
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 171
Total tax
- R 1 876
Net pay
* R 15 200
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 15 200
Net pay
R 342
Tax the employer pays
R 1 876
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 217
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 342 to pay you R 17 075. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 12.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 204 900 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 22 506. That means that your net pay will be R 182 394 per year, or R 15 200 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 24 500
R 25 000
R 25 500
R 26 000
R 26 500
R 27 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 184 765
9.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 156 453
23.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 188 737
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 187 017
8.7%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 185 530
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 185 253
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 183 385
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 182 361
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 171 092
16.5%
7
Chile
ZAR 168 833
17.6%
8
Brazil
ZAR 164 972
19.5%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 163 715
20.1%
10
Peru
ZAR 160 799
21.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 133 060
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 182 394
11.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 159 580
22.1%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 157 468
23.2%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 153 921
24.9%
4
Kenya
ZAR 152 562
25.5%
5
Angola
ZAR 152 147
25.8%
6
Ghana
ZAR 149 960
26.8%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 148 490
27.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 141 613
30.9%
9
Uganda
ZAR 138 484
32.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 137 868
32.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 131 277
35.9%
12
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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.