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 27 884
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 374
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 552
Net pay
* R 23 332
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
16.3%
83.7%
Net pay
16.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 23 332
Net pay
R 456
Tax the employer pays
R 4 552
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 008
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 456 to pay you R 27 884. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.80 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.3% tax rate now rises to 17.7%, 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 334 608 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 54 619. That means that your net pay will be R 279 989 per year, or R 23 332 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.3% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 36 500
R 37 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 329 710
1.5%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 320 202
4.3%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 308 881
7.7%
3
Russia
ZAR 291 109
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 290 619
13.2%
5
Norway
ZAR 288 610
13.8%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 283 209
15.4%
7
Spain
ZAR 283 102
15.4%
8
Austria
ZAR 282 744
15.5%
9
Hungary
ZAR 272 706
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 270 943
19.0%
11
Ukraine
ZAR 269 359
19.5%
12
Italy
ZAR 263 750
21.2%
13
Germany
ZAR 259 906
22.3%
14
Greece
ZAR 249 094
25.6%
15
Sweden
ZAR 247 488
26.0%
16
Poland
ZAR 236 126
29.4%
17
Portugal
ZAR 225 371
32.7%
18
Finland
ZAR 224 639
32.9%
19
Denmark
ZAR 224 027
33.1%
20
Belgium
ZAR 217 276
35.1%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 210 564
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 195 746
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 288 395
13.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 248 724
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 317 530
5.1%
1
Australia
ZAR 306 502
8.4%
2
Thailand
ZAR 305 103
8.8%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 303 885
9.2%
4
South Korea
ZAR 287 988
13.9%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 282 899
15.5%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 281 927
15.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 278 767
16.7%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 278 026
16.9%
9
Japan
ZAR 268 939
19.6%
10
Singapore
ZAR 266 499
20.4%
11
Kazakhstan
ZAR 266 314
20.4%
12
Philippines
ZAR 264 760
20.9%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 252 397
24.6%
14
China
ZAR 236 086
29.4%
15
India
ZAR 231 797
30.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 302 524
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 300 906
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 299 474
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 295 930
11.6%
4
Colombia
ZAR 290 892
13.1%
5
Panama
ZAR 282 895
15.5%
6
Chile
ZAR 271 710
18.8%
7
Mexico
ZAR 268 445
19.8%
8
Peru
ZAR 258 404
22.8%
9
Brazil
ZAR 252 714
24.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 251 294
24.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 217 370
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 279 989
16.3%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 250 858
25.0%
2
Angola
ZAR 246 550
26.3%
3
Kenya
ZAR 243 358
27.3%
4
Morocco
ZAR 242 792
27.4%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 239 760
28.4%
6
Ghana
ZAR 239 321
28.5%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 229 840
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 225 939
32.5%
9
Uganda
ZAR 222 794
33.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 219 884
34.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 211 047
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 317 878
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 317 878
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 307 839
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 307 839
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 301 147
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 297 801
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 290 602
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 255 936
23.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 254 367
24.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 191 947
42.6%
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.