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 23 874
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 3 332
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 3 509
Net pay
* R 20 365
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
14.7%
85.3%
Net pay
14.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 20 365
Net pay
R 416
Tax the employer pays
R 3 509
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 3 925
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 416 to pay you R 23 874. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.64 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 14.7% tax rate now rises to 16.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 286 488 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 42 107. That means that your net pay will be R 244 381 per year, or R 20 365 per month. Your average tax rate is 14.7% 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 23 500
R 24 000
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R 25 500
R 26 000
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R 32 500
R 33 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 251 168
12.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 215 271
24.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 272 092
5.0%
1
Australia
ZAR 271 153
5.4%
2
Thailand
ZAR 263 902
7.9%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 261 160
8.8%
4
South Korea
ZAR 249 296
13.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 246 809
13.9%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 242 897
15.2%
7
Malaysia
ZAR 242 209
15.5%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 241 791
15.6%
9
Japan
ZAR 231 857
19.1%
10
Philippines
ZAR 231 246
19.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 228 927
20.1%
12
Kazakhstan
ZAR 227 416
20.6%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 219 206
23.5%
14
India
ZAR 204 465
28.6%
15
China
ZAR 202 522
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 259 836
9.3%
1
Guatemala
ZAR 259 018
9.6%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 256 608
10.4%
3
Costa Rica
ZAR 256 407
10.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 253 964
11.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 246 493
14.0%
6
Chile
ZAR 233 645
18.4%
7
Mexico
ZAR 232 913
18.7%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 224 484
21.6%
9
Peru
ZAR 222 194
22.4%
10
Brazil
ZAR 217 827
24.0%
11
Argentina
ZAR 186 092
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 244 381
14.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 216 212
24.5%
2
Morocco
ZAR 212 211
25.9%
3
Angola
ZAR 211 543
26.2%
4
Kenya
ZAR 209 674
26.8%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 208 086
27.4%
6
Ghana
ZAR 207 343
27.6%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 197 109
31.2%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 196 798
31.3%
9
Uganda
ZAR 191 516
33.2%
10
Senegal
ZAR 189 756
33.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 181 453
36.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 272 164
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 272 164
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 263 569
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 263 569
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 257 839
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 254 974
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 248 815
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 219 846
23.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 218 277
23.8%
9
Turkey
ZAR 161 516
43.6%
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.