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 18 198
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 907
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 2 083
Net pay
* R 16 115
Marginal tax rate
18.4%
Average tax rate
11.4%
88.6%
Net pay
11.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 16 115
Net pay
R 359
Tax the employer pays
R 2 083
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 442
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 359 to pay you R 18 198. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.4% tax rate now rises to 13.2%, 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 218 376 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 25 002. That means that your net pay will be R 193 374 per year, or R 16 115 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.5% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 27 500
R 28 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 196 595
10.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 166 443
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 217 521
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 207 457
5.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 204 014
6.6%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 199 048
8.9%
4
Pakistan
ZAR 194 768
10.8%
5
South Korea
ZAR 191 554
12.3%
6
Malaysia
ZAR 188 716
13.6%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 187 651
14.1%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 186 794
14.5%
9
Philippines
ZAR 181 940
16.7%
10
Japan
ZAR 177 449
18.7%
11
Singapore
ZAR 174 799
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
ZAR 172 954
20.8%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 170 466
21.9%
14
India
ZAR 165 767
24.1%
15
China
ZAR 155 014
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 201 126
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 198 127
9.3%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 197 548
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 197 437
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 195 447
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 194 192
11.1%
6
Mexico
ZAR 181 316
17.0%
7
Chile
ZAR 179 766
17.7%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 174 482
20.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 173 375
20.6%
10
Peru
ZAR 170 939
21.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 141 819
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 193 374
11.5%
1
Morocco
ZAR 168 273
22.9%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 167 171
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 163 202
25.3%
4
Kenya
ZAR 161 995
25.8%
5
Angola
ZAR 161 966
25.8%
6
Ghana
ZAR 159 511
27.0%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 156 347
28.4%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 150 779
31.0%
9
Uganda
ZAR 147 243
32.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 146 521
32.9%
11
Zambia
ZAR 139 564
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 207 457
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 207 457
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 200 906
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 200 906
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 196 538
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 194 354
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 189 660
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 168 762
22.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 167 193
23.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 123 636
43.4%
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.