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 26 854
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 107
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 284
Net pay
* R 22 570
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
16.0%
84.0%
Net pay
16.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 22 570
Net pay
R 446
Tax the employer pays
R 4 284
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 729
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 446 to pay you R 26 854. 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 16% tax rate now rises to 17.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 322 248 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 51 405. That means that your net pay will be R 270 843 per year, or R 22 570 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.0% 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 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
R 35 500
R 36 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 278 836
13.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 239 635
25.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 291 349
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 290 357
9.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 288 412
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 285 857
11.3%
4
Colombia
ZAR 281 407
12.7%
5
Panama
ZAR 273 545
15.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 261 933
18.7%
7
Mexico
ZAR 259 335
19.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 249 103
22.7%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 244 408
24.2%
10
Brazil
ZAR 243 753
24.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 209 336
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 270 843
16.0%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 241 959
24.9%
2
Angola
ZAR 237 558
26.3%
3
Morocco
ZAR 235 102
27.0%
4
Kenya
ZAR 234 706
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 231 625
28.1%
6
Ghana
ZAR 231 144
28.3%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 221 433
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 218 413
32.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 214 760
33.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 212 201
34.2%
11
Zambia
ZAR 203 446
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 306 136
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 306 136
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 296 468
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 296 468
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 290 023
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 286 801
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 279 870
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 246 666
23.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 245 097
23.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 184 131
42.9%
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.