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 29 720
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 888
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 065
Net pay
* R 24 655
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 24 655
Net pay
R 474
Tax the employer pays
R 5 065
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 539
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 474 to pay you R 29 720. 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 356 640 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 60 778. That means that your net pay will be R 295 862 per year, or R 24 655 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 305 344
14.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 265 056
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 338 162
5.2%
1
Thailand
ZAR 323 830
9.2%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 323 029
9.4%
3
Australia
ZAR 322 617
9.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 305 215
14.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 299 797
15.9%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 299 423
16.0%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 294 796
17.3%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 293 327
17.8%
9
Japan
ZAR 285 879
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 284 160
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 283 655
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 279 766
21.6%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 267 186
25.1%
14
China
ZAR 251 453
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 244 311
31.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 322 444
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 319 711
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 319 177
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 313 863
12.0%
4
Colombia
ZAR 307 800
13.7%
5
Panama
ZAR 299 563
16.0%
6
Chile
ZAR 289 138
18.9%
7
Mexico
ZAR 284 684
20.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 274 983
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 268 687
24.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 263 636
26.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 231 691
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 295 862
17.0%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 266 721
25.2%
2
Angola
ZAR 262 578
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 258 780
27.4%
4
Morocco
ZAR 256 499
28.1%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 254 263
28.7%
6
Ghana
ZAR 253 895
28.8%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 244 827
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 239 353
32.9%
9
Uganda
ZAR 237 115
33.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 233 578
34.5%
11
Zambia
ZAR 224 597
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 338 808
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 338 808
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 328 109
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 328 109
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 320 976
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 317 410
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 309 733
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 272 460
23.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 270 891
24.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 205 881
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.