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 17 836
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 842
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 175
Total tax
- R 2 017
Net pay
*
R 15 819
Marginal tax rate
18.4%
Average tax rate
11.3%
88.7%
Net pay
11.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 15 819
Net pay
R 354
Tax the employer pays
R 2 017
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 371
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 354 to pay you R 17 836. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.3% tax rate now rises to 13.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 214 032 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 24 204. That means that your net pay will be R 189 828 per year, or R 15 819 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.3% and your marginal tax rate is 18.4%. 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 18.38, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.62.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 816 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 081 of net incomes.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 192 787
9.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 163 223
23.7%
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.