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 31 126
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 316
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 493
Net pay
* R 25 633
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 25 633
Net pay
R 488
Tax the employer pays
R 5 493
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 982
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 488 to pay you R 31 126. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.92 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.6% tax rate now rises to 18.9%, 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 373 512 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 65 920. That means that your net pay will be R 307 592 per year, or R 25 633 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.7% 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 30.48, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 69.52.
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 3 476 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 40 500
R 41 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 353 392
5.4%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 346 170
7.3%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 343 447
8.1%
3
Russia
ZAR 324 955
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 321 897
13.8%
5
Norway
ZAR 319 031
14.6%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 312 535
16.3%
7
Austria
ZAR 311 598
16.6%
8
Spain
ZAR 307 246
17.7%
9
Hungary
ZAR 304 412
18.5%
10
Ukraine
ZAR 300 677
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 299 732
19.8%
12
Italy
ZAR 285 875
23.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 282 779
24.3%
14
Greece
ZAR 275 155
26.3%
15
Sweden
ZAR 273 553
26.8%
16
Poland
ZAR 260 968
30.1%
17
Finland
ZAR 250 627
32.9%
18
Denmark
ZAR 250 201
33.0%
19
Portugal
ZAR 248 908
33.4%
20
Belgium
ZAR 237 895
36.3%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 235 044
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 218 505
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 318 127
14.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 277 563
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 353 870
5.3%
1
Thailand
ZAR 337 929
9.5%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 337 669
9.6%
3
Australia
ZAR 335 946
10.1%
4
South Korea
ZAR 318 407
14.8%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 313 482
16.1%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 311 841
16.5%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 307 070
17.8%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 305 044
18.3%
9
Japan
ZAR 298 852
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 297 826
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 296 789
20.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 291 155
22.1%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 278 511
25.4%
14
China
ZAR 263 221
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 253 895
32.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 337 698
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 334 109
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 334 111
10.6%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 327 308
12.4%
4
Colombia
ZAR 320 428
14.2%
5
Panama
ZAR 312 326
16.4%
6
Chile
ZAR 302 485
19.0%
7
Mexico
ZAR 297 120
20.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 287 679
23.0%
9
Brazil
ZAR 280 920
24.8%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 275 094
26.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 242 657
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 307 592
17.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 278 869
25.3%
2
Angola
ZAR 274 853
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 270 590
27.6%
4
Morocco
ZAR 266 996
28.5%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 265 368
29.0%
6
Ghana
ZAR 265 056
29.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 256 303
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 249 626
33.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 248 082
33.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 244 065
34.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 234 973
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 354 836
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 354 836
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 343 631
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 343 631
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 336 161
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 332 426
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 323 639
13.4%
7
Egypt
ZAR 285 114
23.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 283 545
24.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 216 551
42.0%
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.