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 30 924
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 255
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 432
Net pay
* R 25 492
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
17.6%
82.4%
Net pay
17.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 25 492
Net pay
R 486
Tax the employer pays
R 5 432
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 918
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 486 to pay you R 30 924. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.91 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.6% tax rate now rises to 18.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 371 088 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 65 181. That means that your net pay will be R 305 907 per year, or R 25 492 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.6% 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 30 500
R 31 000
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R 32 500
R 33 000
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R 34 000
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R 35 000
R 35 500
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R 37 000
R 37 500
R 38 000
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R 39 000
R 39 500
R 40 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 316 298
14.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 275 766
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 351 613
5.3%
1
Thailand
ZAR 335 930
9.5%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 335 573
9.6%
3
Australia
ZAR 334 031
10.0%
4
South Korea
ZAR 316 511
14.7%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 311 516
16.1%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 310 100
16.4%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 305 307
17.7%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 303 361
18.3%
9
Japan
ZAR 296 988
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 295 862
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 294 902
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 289 519
22.0%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 276 884
25.4%
14
China
ZAR 261 530
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 252 518
32.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 335 506
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 332 042
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 331 964
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 325 392
12.3%
4
Colombia
ZAR 318 646
14.1%
5
Panama
ZAR 310 493
16.3%
6
Chile
ZAR 300 567
19.0%
7
Mexico
ZAR 295 333
20.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 285 855
23.0%
9
Brazil
ZAR 279 162
24.8%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 273 448
26.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 241 082
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 305 907
17.6%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 277 124
25.3%
2
Angola
ZAR 273 089
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 268 894
27.5%
4
Morocco
ZAR 265 488
28.5%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 263 773
28.9%
6
Ghana
ZAR 263 452
29.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 254 654
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 248 150
33.1%
9
Uganda
ZAR 246 506
33.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 242 558
34.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 233 482
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 352 534
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 352 534
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 341 401
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 341 401
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 333 979
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 330 268
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 321 774
13.3%
7
Egypt
ZAR 283 296
23.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 281 727
24.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 215 018
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.