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 21 625
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 2 747
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 2 924
Net pay
* R 18 701
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
13.5%
86.5%
Net pay
13.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 18 701
Net pay
R 393
Tax the employer pays
R 2 924
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 3 318
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 393 to pay you R 21 625. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.53 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.5% tax rate now rises to 15.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 259 500 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 35 090. That means that your net pay will be R 224 410 per year, or R 18 701 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.5% and your marginal tax rate is 26.0%. 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 26, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 74.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 740 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 700 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 28 500
R 29 000
R 29 500
R 30 000
R 30 500
R 31 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 230 168
11.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 196 884
24.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 236 801
8.8%
1
Guatemala
ZAR 234 618
9.6%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 233 444
10.0%
3
Colombia
ZAR 233 228
10.1%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 232 252
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 226 076
12.9%
6
Mexico
ZAR 212 514
18.1%
7
Chile
ZAR 212 297
18.2%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 205 352
20.9%
9
Peru
ZAR 201 885
22.2%
10
Brazil
ZAR 199 016
23.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 168 550
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 224 410
13.5%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 196 780
24.2%
2
Morocco
ZAR 194 801
24.9%
3
Angola
ZAR 191 909
26.1%
4
Kenya
ZAR 190 782
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 190 322
26.7%
6
Ghana
ZAR 188 657
27.3%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 180 550
30.4%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 178 752
31.1%
9
Uganda
ZAR 173 974
33.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 172 753
33.4%
11
Zambia
ZAR 164 856
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 246 525
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 246 525
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 238 740
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 238 740
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 233 550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 230 955
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 225 376
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 199 605
23.1%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 198 036
23.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 144 448
44.3%
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.