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 21 756
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 2 781
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 2 958
Net pay
*
R 18 798
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
13.6%
86.4%
Net pay
13.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 18 798
Net pay
R 395
Tax the employer pays
R 2 958
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 3 353
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 395 to pay you R 21 756. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.54 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.6% tax rate now rises to 15.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 261 072 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 35 499. That means that your net pay will be R 225 573 per year, or R 18 798 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.6% 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 231 392
11.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 197 955
24.2%
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.