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 17 918
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 856
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 176
Total tax
- R 2 032
Net pay
* R 15 886
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 15 886
Net pay
R 355
Tax the employer pays
R 2 032
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 387
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 355 to pay you R 17 918. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.3% tax rate now rises to 13.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 215 016 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 24 384. That means that your net pay will be R 190 632 per year, or R 15 886 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.
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 193 651
9.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 163 952
23.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 198 080
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 195 259
9.2%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 194 552
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 194 399
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 192 439
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 191 364
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 178 767
16.9%
7
Chile
ZAR 177 108
17.6%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 171 798
20.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 171 280
20.3%
10
Peru
ZAR 168 411
21.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 139 635
35.1%
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.