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 25 195
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 3 675
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 3 852
Net pay
* R 21 343
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
15.3%
84.7%
Net pay
15.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 21 343
Net pay
R 429
Tax the employer pays
R 3 852
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 281
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 429 to pay you R 25 195. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.3% tax rate now rises to 16.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 302 340 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 46 229. That means that your net pay will be R 256 111 per year, or R 21 343 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.3% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 31 500
R 32 000
R 32 500
R 33 000
R 33 500
R 34 000
R 34 500
R 35 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 263 439
12.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 226 071
25.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 273 365
9.6%
1
Guatemala
ZAR 273 350
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 270 594
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 269 633
10.8%
4
Colombia
ZAR 266 129
12.0%
5
Panama
ZAR 258 485
14.5%
6
Chile
ZAR 246 185
18.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 244 662
19.1%
8
Peru
ZAR 234 122
22.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 233 316
22.8%
10
Brazil
ZAR 229 320
24.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 196 396
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 256 111
15.3%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 227 625
24.7%
2
Angola
ZAR 223 075
26.2%
3
Morocco
ZAR 222 437
26.4%
4
Kenya
ZAR 220 770
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 218 520
27.7%
6
Ghana
ZAR 217 975
27.9%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 207 892
31.2%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 206 341
31.8%
9
Uganda
ZAR 201 820
33.3%
10
Senegal
ZAR 199 743
33.9%
11
Zambia
ZAR 191 202
36.8%
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.