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 36 600
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 6 999
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 176
Net pay
* R 29 424
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
19.6%
80.4%
Net pay
19.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 29 424
Net pay
R 543
Tax the employer pays
R 7 176
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 720
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 543 to pay you R 36 600. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.6% tax rate now rises to 20.8%, 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 439 200 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 86 117. That means that your net pay will be R 353 083 per year, or R 29 424 per month. Your average tax rate is 19.6% 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 398 481
9.3%
1
Ireland
ZAR 395 479
10.0%
2
United Kingdom
ZAR 390 017
11.2%
3
Russia
ZAR 382 104
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 374 710
14.7%
5
Norway
ZAR 365 539
16.8%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 359 889
18.1%
7
Hungary
ZAR 357 948
18.5%
8
Austria
ZAR 357 329
18.6%
9
Ukraine
ZAR 353 556
19.5%
10
Spain
ZAR 353 193
19.6%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 348 341
20.7%
12
Italy
ZAR 323 232
26.4%
13
Germany
ZAR 319 956
27.2%
14
Greece
ZAR 318 181
27.6%
15
Sweden
ZAR 317 576
27.7%
16
Poland
ZAR 302 913
31.0%
17
Denmark
ZAR 294 395
33.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 291 441
33.6%
19
Portugal
ZAR 285 284
35.0%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 276 383
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 266 516
39.3%
22
Romania
ZAR 256 932
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 367 672
16.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 326 257
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 414 474
5.6%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 394 455
10.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 391 746
10.8%
3
Australia
ZAR 387 840
11.7%
4
South Korea
ZAR 369 768
15.8%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 366 762
16.5%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 357 619
18.6%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 354 858
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 351 033
20.1%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 350 048
20.3%
10
Japan
ZAR 349 135
20.5%
11
Singapore
ZAR 347 488
20.9%
12
Philippines
ZAR 335 494
23.6%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 322 604
26.6%
14
China
ZAR 309 038
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 291 206
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 397 087
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 390 251
11.2%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 390 175
11.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 379 247
13.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 367 889
16.2%
5
Panama
ZAR 362 019
17.6%
6
Chile
ZAR 354 390
19.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 345 427
21.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 337 109
23.2%
9
Brazil
ZAR 328 543
25.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 319 706
27.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 285 355
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 353 083
19.6%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 324 595
26.1%
2
Angola
ZAR 322 641
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 316 572
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 308 606
29.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 308 508
29.8%
6
Morocco
ZAR 306 877
30.1%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 300 984
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 290 779
33.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 289 620
34.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 284 137
35.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 275 371
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 417 240
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 417 240
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 404 064
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 404 064
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 395 280
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 390 888
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 374 040
14.8%
7
Egypt
ZAR 334 380
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 332 811
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 258 092
41.2%
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.