Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 30 422
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 102
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 279
Net pay
* R 25 143
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
17.4%
82.6%
Net pay
17.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 25 143
Net pay
R 481
Tax the employer pays
R 5 279
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 760
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 481 to pay you R 30 422. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.89 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.4% tax rate now rises to 18.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 365 064 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 63 345. That means that your net pay will be R 301 719 per year, or R 25 143 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.4% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 348 552
4.5%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 340 531
6.7%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 336 000
8.0%
3
Russia
ZAR 317 606
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 315 105
13.7%
5
Norway
ZAR 312 430
14.4%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 306 229
16.1%
7
Austria
ZAR 305 707
16.3%
8
Spain
ZAR 301 234
17.5%
9
Hungary
ZAR 297 527
18.5%
10
Ukraine
ZAR 293 877
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 293 480
19.6%
12
Italy
ZAR 281 070
23.0%
13
Germany
ZAR 277 982
23.9%
14
Greece
ZAR 269 496
26.2%
15
Sweden
ZAR 267 894
26.6%
16
Poland
ZAR 255 574
30.0%
17
Finland
ZAR 245 349
32.8%
18
Denmark
ZAR 244 518
33.0%
19
Portugal
ZAR 243 797
33.2%
20
Belgium
ZAR 233 418
36.1%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 229 722
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 213 562
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 311 755
14.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 271 301
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 346 005
5.2%
1
Thailand
ZAR 330 961
9.3%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 330 349
9.5%
3
Australia
ZAR 329 272
9.8%
4
South Korea
ZAR 311 801
14.6%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 306 630
16.0%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 305 741
16.3%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 300 924
17.6%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 299 177
18.1%
9
Japan
ZAR 292 356
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 290 983
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 290 213
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 285 452
21.8%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 272 840
25.3%
14
China
ZAR 257 329
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 249 096
31.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 330 060
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 326 900
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 326 632
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 320 629
12.2%
4
Colombia
ZAR 314 219
13.9%
5
Panama
ZAR 305 935
16.2%
6
Chile
ZAR 295 802
19.0%
7
Mexico
ZAR 290 893
20.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 281 322
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 274 795
24.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 269 357
26.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 237 166
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 301 719
17.4%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 272 786
25.3%
2
Angola
ZAR 268 707
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 264 677
27.5%
4
Morocco
ZAR 261 740
28.3%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 259 808
28.8%
6
Ghana
ZAR 259 467
28.9%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 250 557
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 244 482
33.0%
9
Uganda
ZAR 242 590
33.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 238 814
34.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 229 777
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 346 811
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 346 811
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 335 859
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 335 859
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 328 558
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 324 907
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 317 048
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 278 778
23.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 277 209
24.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 211 208
42.1%
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.