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 25 749
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 3 819
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 3 996
Net pay
* R 21 753
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
15.5%
84.5%
Net pay
15.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 21 753
Net pay
R 435
Tax the employer pays
R 3 996
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 431
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 435 to pay you R 25 749. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.72 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.5% tax rate now rises to 16.9%, 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 308 988 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 47 957. That means that your net pay will be R 261 031 per year, or R 21 753 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.5% 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 25 500
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R 27 500
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R 31 000
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R 32 500
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R 34 500
R 35 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 306 263
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 303 100
1.9%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 286 146
7.4%
3
Spain
ZAR 271 480
12.1%
4
France
ZAR 270 020
12.6%
5
Russia
ZAR 268 820
13.0%
6
Norway
ZAR 268 278
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 263 620
14.7%
8
Austria
ZAR 261 150
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
ZAR 251 984
18.5%
10
Hungary
ZAR 251 825
18.5%
11
Italy
ZAR 249 180
19.4%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 248 735
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 244 013
21.0%
14
Greece
ZAR 231 932
24.9%
15
Sweden
ZAR 230 321
25.5%
16
Poland
ZAR 219 767
28.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 209 871
32.1%
18
Finland
ZAR 207 199
32.9%
19
Denmark
ZAR 206 790
33.1%
20
Belgium
ZAR 203 697
34.1%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 194 449
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 180 758
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 268 581
13.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 230 600
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 293 338
5.1%
1
Australia
ZAR 287 917
6.8%
2
Thailand
ZAR 283 326
8.3%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 281 622
8.9%
4
South Korea
ZAR 267 956
13.3%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 263 684
14.7%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 261 147
15.5%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 259 489
16.0%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 259 370
16.1%
9
Japan
ZAR 249 241
19.3%
10
Philippines
ZAR 246 917
20.1%
11
Singapore
ZAR 246 495
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
ZAR 245 561
20.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 234 869
24.0%
14
China
ZAR 218 216
29.4%
15
India
ZAR 217 245
29.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 279 361
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 279 039
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 276 544
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 275 051
11.0%
4
Colombia
ZAR 271 231
12.2%
5
Panama
ZAR 263 514
14.7%
6
Chile
ZAR 251 444
18.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 249 562
19.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 239 125
22.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 237 020
23.3%
10
Brazil
ZAR 234 140
24.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 200 717
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 261 031
15.5%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 232 412
24.8%
2
Angola
ZAR 227 912
26.2%
3
Morocco
ZAR 226 725
26.6%
4
Kenya
ZAR 225 424
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 222 896
27.9%
6
Ghana
ZAR 222 373
28.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 212 414
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 210 343
31.9%
9
Uganda
ZAR 206 141
33.3%
10
Senegal
ZAR 203 931
34.0%
11
Zambia
ZAR 195 291
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 293 539
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 293 539
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 284 269
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 284 269
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 278 089
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 274 999
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 268 356
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 236 721
23.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 235 152
23.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 175 745
43.1%
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.