Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 30 480
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 119
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 296
Net pay
* R 25 184
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 25 184
Net pay
R 482
Tax the employer pays
R 5 296
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 778
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 482 to pay you R 30 480. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.90 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.4% tax rate now rises to 18.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 365 760 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 63 557. That means that your net pay will be R 302 203 per year, or R 25 184 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 312 280
14.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 271 817
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 330 689
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 327 495
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 327 248
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 321 179
12.2%
4
Colombia
ZAR 314 731
14.0%
5
Panama
ZAR 306 462
16.2%
6
Chile
ZAR 296 353
19.0%
7
Mexico
ZAR 291 406
20.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 281 846
22.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 275 299
24.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 269 830
26.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 237 619
35.0%
12
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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.