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 29 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 668
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 845
Net pay
* R 24 155
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
16.7%
83.3%
Net pay
16.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 24 155
Net pay
R 467
Tax the employer pays
R 4 845
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 313
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 467 to pay you R 29 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.83 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.7% tax rate now rises to 18.0%, 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 348 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 58 145. That means that your net pay will be R 289 855 per year, or R 24 155 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.7% and your marginal tax rate is 30.5%. 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 30.48, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 69.52.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 695 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 476 of net incomes.
Tax per income
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
R 38 500
R 39 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 339 525
2.4%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 329 141
5.4%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 320 813
7.8%
3
Russia
ZAR 302 760
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 301 386
13.4%
5
Norway
ZAR 299 098
14.1%
6
Austria
ZAR 293 686
15.6%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 293 357
15.7%
8
Spain
ZAR 289 087
16.9%
9
Hungary
ZAR 283 620
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 280 853
19.3%
11
Ukraine
ZAR 280 140
19.5%
12
Italy
ZAR 271 366
22.0%
13
Germany
ZAR 267 983
23.0%
14
Greece
ZAR 258 065
25.8%
15
Sweden
ZAR 256 461
26.3%
16
Poland
ZAR 244 678
29.7%
17
Finland
ZAR 233 755
32.8%
18
Portugal
ZAR 233 473
32.9%
19
Denmark
ZAR 233 037
33.0%
20
Belgium
ZAR 224 374
35.5%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 218 988
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 203 580
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 298 720
14.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 258 651
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 330 118
5.1%
1
Thailand
ZAR 316 486
9.1%
2
Australia
ZAR 316 217
9.1%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 315 521
9.3%
4
South Korea
ZAR 298 459
14.2%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 292 943
15.8%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 292 789
15.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 288 510
17.1%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 287 326
17.4%
9
Japan
ZAR 279 236
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 277 161
20.4%
11
Singapore
ZAR 276 930
20.4%
12
Philippines
ZAR 273 934
21.3%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 261 386
24.9%
14
China
ZAR 245 426
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 239 404
31.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 314 632
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 312 336
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 311 460
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 306 836
11.8%
4
Colombia
ZAR 301 169
13.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 293 026
15.8%
6
Chile
ZAR 282 304
18.9%
7
Mexico
ZAR 278 316
20.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 268 481
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 262 423
24.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 258 756
25.6%
11
Argentina
ZAR 226 075
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 289 855
16.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 260 500
25.1%
2
Angola
ZAR 256 293
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 252 732
27.4%
4
Morocco
ZAR 251 124
27.8%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 248 575
28.6%
6
Ghana
ZAR 248 179
28.7%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 238 950
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 234 093
32.7%
9
Uganda
ZAR 231 499
33.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 228 208
34.4%
11
Zambia
ZAR 219 283
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 330 600
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 330 600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 320 160
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 320 160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 313 200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 309 720
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 302 231
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 265 980
23.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 264 411
24.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 200 417
42.4%
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.