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 34 103
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 6 225
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 6 402
Net pay
* R 27 701
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
18.8%
81.2%
Net pay
18.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 27 701
Net pay
R 518
Tax the employer pays
R 6 402
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 6 921
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 518 to pay you R 34 103. 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 18.8% tax rate now rises to 20.0%, 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 409 236 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 76 829. That means that your net pay will be R 332 407 per year, or R 27 701 per month. Your average tax rate is 18.8% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 41 500
R 42 000
R 42 500
R 43 000
R 43 500
R 44 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 345 071
15.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 304 045
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 369 996
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 365 725
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 364 601
10.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 355 555
13.1%
4
Colombia
ZAR 346 681
15.3%
5
Panama
ZAR 339 351
17.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 330 744
19.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 323 450
21.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 314 561
23.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 306 820
25.0%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 299 356
26.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 265 878
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 332 407
18.8%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 304 590
25.6%
2
Angola
ZAR 300 842
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 295 597
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 288 883
29.4%
5
Morocco
ZAR 288 719
29.5%
6
Ghana
ZAR 288 687
29.5%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 280 602
31.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 271 376
33.7%
9
Uganda
ZAR 271 302
33.7%
10
Senegal
ZAR 265 875
35.0%
11
Zambia
ZAR 256 943
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.