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 34 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 6 193
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 6 370
Net pay
*
R 27 630
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
18.7%
81.3%
Net pay
18.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 27 630
Net pay
R 517
Tax the employer pays
R 6 370
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 6 888
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 517 to pay you R 34 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.03 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.7% tax rate now rises to 20.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 408 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 76 445. That means that your net pay will be R 331 555 per year, or R 27 630 per month. Your average tax rate is 18.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 69.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 690 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 450 of net incomes.
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 375 093
8.1%
1
Switzerland
ZAR 373 524
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
ZAR 369 191
9.5%
3
Russia
ZAR 354 960
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 349 626
14.3%
5
Norway
ZAR 344 358
15.6%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 337 547
17.3%
7
Austria
ZAR 335 614
17.7%
8
Hungary
ZAR 332 520
18.5%
9
Spain
ZAR 331 441
18.8%
10
Ukraine
ZAR 328 440
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 325 253
20.3%
12
Italy
ZAR 305 488
25.1%
13
Germany
ZAR 302 309
25.9%
14
Greece
ZAR 297 832
27.0%
15
Sweden
ZAR 296 663
27.3%
16
Poland
ZAR 282 990
30.6%
17
Denmark
ZAR 273 405
33.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 272 075
33.3%
19
Portugal
ZAR 268 306
34.2%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 256 752
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 253 473
37.9%
22
Romania
ZAR 238 680
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 344 139
15.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 303 129
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 385 978
5.4%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 367 483
9.9%
2
Thailand
ZAR 366 374
10.2%
3
Australia
ZAR 363 191
11.0%
4
South Korea
ZAR 345 373
15.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 341 455
16.3%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 336 559
17.5%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 332 160
18.6%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 328 746
19.4%
9
Kazakhstan
ZAR 325 761
20.2%
10
Japan
ZAR 325 368
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 323 595
20.7%
12
Philippines
ZAR 314 434
22.9%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 301 661
26.1%
14
China
ZAR 287 276
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 273 484
33.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 368 879
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 364 632
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 363 546
10.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 354 577
13.1%
4
Colombia
ZAR 345 772
15.3%
5
Panama
ZAR 338 416
17.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 329 766
19.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 322 539
21.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 313 631
23.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 305 923
25.0%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 298 517
26.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 265 075
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 331 555
18.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 303 700
25.6%
2
Angola
ZAR 299 943
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 294 732
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 288 070
29.4%
5
Morocco
ZAR 287 970
29.4%
6
Ghana
ZAR 287 869
29.4%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 279 762
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 270 624
33.7%
9
Uganda
ZAR 270 499
33.7%
10
Senegal
ZAR 265 121
35.0%
11
Zambia
ZAR 256 183
37.2%
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.