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 31 557
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 448
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 5 625
Net pay
* R 25 932
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
17.8%
82.2%
Net pay
17.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 25 932
Net pay
R 493
Tax the employer pays
R 5 625
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 6 117
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 493 to pay you R 31 557. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.94 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.8% tax rate now rises to 19.1%, 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 378 684 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 67 496. That means that your net pay will be R 311 188 per year, or R 25 932 per month. Your average tax rate is 17.8% 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 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 322 028
15.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 281 397
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 358 685
5.3%
1
Thailand
ZAR 342 195
9.6%
2
Taiwan
ZAR 342 140
9.7%
3
Australia
ZAR 340 032
10.2%
4
South Korea
ZAR 322 451
14.9%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 317 677
16.1%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 315 556
16.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 310 833
17.9%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 308 636
18.5%
9
Japan
ZAR 302 828
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
ZAR 302 015
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 300 814
20.6%
12
Philippines
ZAR 294 646
22.2%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 281 983
25.5%
14
China
ZAR 266 829
29.5%
15
India
ZAR 256 832
32.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 311 188
17.8%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 282 593
25.4%
2
Angola
ZAR 278 615
26.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 274 211
27.6%
4
Morocco
ZAR 270 205
28.7%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 268 773
29.0%
6
Ghana
ZAR 268 477
29.1%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 259 821
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 252 775
33.3%
9
Uganda
ZAR 251 443
33.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 247 236
34.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 238 154
37.1%
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.