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 29 600
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 851
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 028
Net pay
* R 24 572
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
17.0%
83.0%
Net pay
17.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 24 572
Net pay
R 473
Tax the employer pays
R 5 028
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 501
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 473 to pay you R 29 600. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.86 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17% tax rate now rises to 18.3%, 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 355 200 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 60 339. That means that your net pay will be R 294 861 per year, or R 24 572 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.0% 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 343 327
3.3%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 333 947
6.0%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 327 221
7.9%
3
Russia
ZAR 309 024
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 307 174
13.5%
5
Norway
ZAR 304 723
14.2%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 298 789
15.9%
7
Austria
ZAR 298 759
15.9%
8
Spain
ZAR 294 212
17.2%
9
Hungary
ZAR 289 488
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 286 181
19.4%
11
Ukraine
ZAR 285 936
19.5%
12
Italy
ZAR 275 461
22.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 272 205
23.4%
14
Greece
ZAR 262 888
26.0%
15
Sweden
ZAR 261 285
26.4%
16
Poland
ZAR 249 275
29.8%
17
Finland
ZAR 238 656
32.8%
18
Denmark
ZAR 237 881
33.0%
19
Portugal
ZAR 237 829
33.0%
20
Belgium
ZAR 228 190
35.8%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 223 517
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 207 792
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 304 239
14.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 263 989
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 336 821
5.2%
1
Thailand
ZAR 322 606
9.2%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 321 778
9.4%
3
Australia
ZAR 321 479
9.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 304 089
14.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 298 629
15.9%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 298 343
16.0%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 293 748
17.3%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 292 327
17.7%
9
Japan
ZAR 284 772
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 282 993
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 282 534
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 278 794
21.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 266 219
25.1%
14
China
ZAR 250 448
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 243 494
31.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 321 142
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 318 481
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 317 902
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 312 692
12.0%
4
Colombia
ZAR 306 695
13.7%
5
Panama
ZAR 298 473
16.0%
6
Chile
ZAR 287 999
18.9%
7
Mexico
ZAR 283 623
20.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 273 899
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 267 643
24.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 262 767
26.0%
11
Argentina
ZAR 230 755
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 294 861
17.0%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 265 684
25.2%
2
Angola
ZAR 261 531
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 257 772
27.4%
4
Morocco
ZAR 255 603
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 253 315
28.7%
6
Ghana
ZAR 252 942
28.8%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 243 847
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 238 476
32.9%
9
Uganda
ZAR 236 179
33.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 232 683
34.5%
11
Zambia
ZAR 223 711
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 337 440
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 337 440
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 326 784
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 326 784
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 319 680
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 316 128
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 308 483
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 271 380
23.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 269 811
24.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 204 970
42.3%
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.