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 28 500
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 535
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 712
Net pay
* R 23 788
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
16.5%
83.5%
Net pay
16.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 23 788
Net pay
R 462
Tax the employer pays
R 4 712
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 174
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 462 to pay you R 28 500. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.82 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.5% tax rate now rises to 17.9%, 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 342 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 56 540. That means that your net pay will be R 285 460 per year, or R 23 788 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.5% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 37 500
R 38 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 294 112
14.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 254 203
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 324 510
5.1%
1
Australia
ZAR 311 864
8.8%
2
Thailand
ZAR 311 386
9.0%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 310 308
9.3%
4
South Korea
ZAR 293 768
14.1%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 288 443
15.7%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 287 923
15.8%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 284 145
16.9%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 283 159
17.2%
9
Japan
ZAR 274 623
19.7%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 272 301
20.4%
11
Singapore
ZAR 272 260
20.4%
12
Philippines
ZAR 269 884
21.1%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 257 358
24.8%
14
China
ZAR 241 241
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 235 996
31.0%
16
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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.