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 26 780
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 087
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 265
Net pay
*
R 22 515
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
15.9%
84.1%
Net pay
15.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 22 515
Net pay
R 445
Tax the employer pays
R 4 265
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 709
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 445 to pay you R 26 780. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.76 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.9% tax rate now rises to 17.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 321 360 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 51 174. That means that your net pay will be R 270 186 per year, or R 22 515 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.9% 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.
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 318 388
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 311 358
3.1%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 297 107
7.6%
3
France
ZAR 279 967
12.9%
4
Russia
ZAR 279 583
13.0%
5
Norway
ZAR 278 097
13.5%
6
Spain
ZAR 277 493
13.7%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 273 116
15.0%
8
Austria
ZAR 271 578
15.5%
9
Hungary
ZAR 261 908
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 261 139
18.7%
11
Ukraine
ZAR 258 695
19.5%
12
Italy
ZAR 256 216
20.3%
13
Germany
ZAR 251 766
21.7%
14
Greece
ZAR 240 220
25.3%
15
Sweden
ZAR 238 611
25.8%
16
Poland
ZAR 227 667
29.2%
17
Portugal
ZAR 217 356
32.4%
18
Finland
ZAR 215 621
32.9%
19
Denmark
ZAR 215 114
33.1%
20
Belgium
ZAR 210 255
34.6%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 202 231
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 187 996
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 278 149
13.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 239 030
25.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 305 020
5.1%
1
Australia
ZAR 296 892
7.6%
2
Thailand
ZAR 293 842
8.6%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 292 373
9.0%
4
South Korea
ZAR 277 629
13.6%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 272 963
15.1%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 271 182
15.6%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 269 129
16.3%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 268 807
16.4%
9
Japan
ZAR 258 753
19.5%
10
Singapore
ZAR 256 155
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
ZAR 255 583
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 255 534
20.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 243 482
24.2%
14
China
ZAR 226 845
29.4%
15
India
ZAR 224 272
30.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 290 546
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 289 599
9.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 287 617
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 285 134
11.3%
4
Colombia
ZAR 280 725
12.6%
5
Panama
ZAR 272 873
15.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 261 231
18.7%
7
Mexico
ZAR 258 681
19.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 248 435
22.7%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 243 913
24.1%
10
Brazil
ZAR 243 109
24.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 208 759
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 270 186
15.9%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 241 319
24.9%
2
Angola
ZAR 236 912
26.3%
3
Morocco
ZAR 234 550
27.0%
4
Kenya
ZAR 234 084
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 231 040
28.1%
6
Ghana
ZAR 230 557
28.3%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 220 829
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 217 873
32.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 214 183
33.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 211 649
34.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 202 899
36.9%
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.