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 29 300
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 760
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 937
Net pay
* R 24 363
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 24 363
Net pay
R 470
Tax the employer pays
R 4 937
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 407
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 470 to pay you R 29 300. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.85 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.8% tax rate now rises to 18.2%, 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 351 600 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 59 242. That means that your net pay will be R 292 358 per year, or R 24 363 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.9% 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 30.47, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 69.53.
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 3 477 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
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 341 426
2.9%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 331 544
5.7%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 324 017
7.9%
3
Russia
ZAR 305 892
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 304 280
13.5%
5
Norway
ZAR 301 911
14.1%
6
Austria
ZAR 296 223
15.8%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 296 073
15.8%
8
Spain
ZAR 291 650
17.1%
9
Hungary
ZAR 286 554
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 283 517
19.4%
11
Ukraine
ZAR 283 038
19.5%
12
Italy
ZAR 273 413
22.2%
13
Germany
ZAR 270 094
23.2%
14
Greece
ZAR 260 477
25.9%
15
Sweden
ZAR 258 873
26.4%
16
Poland
ZAR 246 977
29.8%
17
Finland
ZAR 236 206
32.8%
18
Portugal
ZAR 235 651
33.0%
19
Denmark
ZAR 235 459
33.0%
20
Belgium
ZAR 226 282
35.6%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 221 252
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 205 686
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 301 480
14.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 261 320
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 333 470
5.2%
1
Thailand
ZAR 319 546
9.1%
2
Australia
ZAR 318 828
9.3%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 318 650
9.4%
4
South Korea
ZAR 301 274
14.3%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 295 709
15.9%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 295 643
15.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 291 129
17.2%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 289 826
17.6%
9
Japan
ZAR 282 004
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 280 077
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 279 732
20.4%
12
Philippines
ZAR 276 364
21.4%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 263 802
25.0%
14
China
ZAR 247 937
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 241 449
31.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 317 887
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 315 409
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 314 682
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 309 764
11.9%
4
Colombia
ZAR 303 932
13.6%
5
Panama
ZAR 295 750
15.9%
6
Chile
ZAR 285 152
18.9%
7
Mexico
ZAR 280 969
20.1%
8
Peru
ZAR 271 190
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 265 033
24.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 260 761
25.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 228 415
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 292 358
16.9%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 263 092
25.2%
2
Angola
ZAR 258 912
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 255 252
27.4%
4
Morocco
ZAR 253 363
27.9%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 250 945
28.6%
6
Ghana
ZAR 250 561
28.7%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 241 398
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 236 284
32.8%
9
Uganda
ZAR 233 839
33.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 230 445
34.5%
11
Zambia
ZAR 221 497
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 334 020
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 334 020
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 323 472
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 323 472
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 316 440
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 312 924
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 305 357
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 268 680
23.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 267 111
24.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 202 693
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.