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 36 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 6 813
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 6 990
Net pay
* R 29 010
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
19.4%
80.6%
Net pay
19.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 29 010
Net pay
R 537
Tax the employer pays
R 6 990
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 528
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 537 to pay you R 36 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.09 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.4% tax rate now rises to 20.6%, 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 432 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 83 885. That means that your net pay will be R 348 115 per year, or R 29 010 per month. Your average tax rate is 19.4% 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 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
R 44 500
R 45 000
R 45 500
R 46 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
ZAR 392 744
9.1%
1
Ireland
ZAR 390 774
9.5%
2
United Kingdom
ZAR 385 211
10.8%
3
Russia
ZAR 375 840
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 368 922
14.6%
5
Norway
ZAR 360 651
16.5%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 354 734
17.9%
7
Austria
ZAR 352 318
18.4%
8
Hungary
ZAR 352 080
18.5%
9
Spain
ZAR 348 173
19.4%
10
Ukraine
ZAR 347 760
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 343 013
20.6%
12
Italy
ZAR 319 137
26.1%
13
Germany
ZAR 315 884
26.9%
14
Greece
ZAR 313 485
27.4%
15
Sweden
ZAR 312 750
27.6%
16
Poland
ZAR 298 316
31.0%
17
Denmark
ZAR 289 551
33.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 286 972
33.6%
19
Portugal
ZAR 281 366
34.9%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 271 853
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 263 506
39.0%
22
Romania
ZAR 252 720
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 362 241
16.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 320 920
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 407 912
5.6%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 388 231
10.1%
2
Thailand
ZAR 385 986
10.7%
3
Australia
ZAR 382 152
11.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 364 138
15.7%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 360 922
16.5%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 352 759
18.3%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 349 620
19.1%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 345 201
20.1%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 345 132
20.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 343 821
20.4%
11
Singapore
ZAR 341 974
20.8%
12
Philippines
ZAR 330 634
23.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 317 771
26.4%
14
China
ZAR 304 016
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 287 116
33.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 390 578
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 384 451
11.0%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 384 030
11.1%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 373 554
13.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 362 846
16.0%
5
Panama
ZAR 356 572
17.5%
6
Chile
ZAR 348 733
19.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 340 228
21.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 331 691
23.2%
9
Brazil
ZAR 323 323
25.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 314 817
27.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 280 675
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 348 115
19.4%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 319 816
26.0%
2
Angola
ZAR 317 403
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 311 532
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 303 867
29.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 303 745
29.7%
6
Morocco
ZAR 302 514
30.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 296 086
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 286 099
33.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 285 236
34.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 279 763
35.2%
11
Zambia
ZAR 270 943
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 410 400
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 410 400
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 397 440
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 397 440
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 388 800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 384 480
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 368 591
14.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 328 980
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 327 411
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 253 539
41.3%
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.