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 30 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 973
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 150
Net pay
* R 24 850
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
17.2%
82.8%
Net pay
17.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 24 850
Net pay
R 477
Tax the employer pays
R 5 150
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 627
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 477 to pay you R 30 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.88 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.2% tax rate now rises to 18.5%, 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 360 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 61 802. That means that your net pay will be R 298 198 per year, or R 24 850 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.2% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 39 500
R 40 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 345 861
3.9%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 337 151
6.4%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 331 493
7.9%
3
Russia
ZAR 313 200
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 311 034
13.6%
5
Norway
ZAR 308 474
14.3%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 302 411
16.0%
7
Austria
ZAR 302 141
16.1%
8
Spain
ZAR 297 629
17.3%
9
Hungary
ZAR 293 400
18.5%
10
Ukraine
ZAR 289 800
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 289 733
19.5%
12
Italy
ZAR 278 191
22.7%
13
Germany
ZAR 275 019
23.6%
14
Greece
ZAR 266 104
26.1%
15
Sweden
ZAR 264 501
26.5%
16
Poland
ZAR 252 340
29.9%
17
Finland
ZAR 241 923
32.8%
18
Denmark
ZAR 241 111
33.0%
19
Portugal
ZAR 240 733
33.1%
20
Belgium
ZAR 230 734
35.9%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 226 536
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 210 600
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 307 919
14.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 267 547
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 341 290
5.2%
1
Thailand
ZAR 326 686
9.3%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 325 949
9.5%
3
Australia
ZAR 325 271
9.7%
4
South Korea
ZAR 307 842
14.5%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 302 523
16.0%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 301 943
16.1%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 297 240
17.4%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 295 660
17.9%
9
Japan
ZAR 288 463
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 286 881
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 286 271
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 282 034
21.7%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 269 441
25.2%
14
China
ZAR 253 796
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 246 220
31.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 325 481
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 322 578
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 322 150
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 316 596
12.1%
4
Colombia
ZAR 310 378
13.8%
5
Panama
ZAR 302 104
16.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 291 796
19.0%
7
Mexico
ZAR 287 161
20.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 277 511
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 271 123
24.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 265 918
26.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 233 875
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 298 198
17.2%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 269 140
25.2%
2
Angola
ZAR 265 023
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 261 132
27.5%
4
Morocco
ZAR 258 589
28.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 256 474
28.8%
6
Ghana
ZAR 256 117
28.9%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 247 112
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 241 399
32.9%
9
Uganda
ZAR 239 299
33.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 235 666
34.5%
11
Zambia
ZAR 226 663
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 342 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 342 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 331 200
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 331 200
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 324 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 320 400
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 312 651
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 274 980
23.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 273 411
24.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 208 005
42.2%
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.