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 36 639
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 011
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 189
Net pay
* R 29 450
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 29 450
Net pay
R 544
Tax the employer pays
R 7 189
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 732
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 544 to pay you R 36 639. 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 439 668 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 86 263. That means that your net pay will be R 353 405 per year, or R 29 450 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.
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 398 854
9.3%
1
Ireland
ZAR 395 784
10.0%
2
United Kingdom
ZAR 390 329
11.2%
3
Russia
ZAR 382 511
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 375 087
14.7%
5
Norway
ZAR 365 856
16.8%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 360 225
18.1%
7
Hungary
ZAR 358 329
18.5%
8
Austria
ZAR 357 654
18.7%
9
Ukraine
ZAR 353 933
19.5%
10
Spain
ZAR 353 519
19.6%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 348 687
20.7%
12
Italy
ZAR 323 498
26.4%
13
Germany
ZAR 320 221
27.2%
14
Greece
ZAR 318 486
27.6%
15
Sweden
ZAR 317 890
27.7%
16
Poland
ZAR 303 212
31.0%
17
Denmark
ZAR 294 710
33.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 291 732
33.7%
19
Portugal
ZAR 285 539
35.1%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 276 678
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 266 711
39.3%
22
Romania
ZAR 257 206
41.5%
23
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 414 901
5.6%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 394 860
10.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 392 121
10.8%
3
Australia
ZAR 388 209
11.7%
4
South Korea
ZAR 370 134
15.8%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 367 141
16.5%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 357 935
18.6%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 355 198
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 351 412
20.1%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 350 368
20.3%
10
Japan
ZAR 349 467
20.5%
11
Singapore
ZAR 347 847
20.9%
12
Philippines
ZAR 335 810
23.6%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 322 918
26.6%
14
China
ZAR 309 365
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 291 471
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 397 510
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 390 628
11.2%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 390 575
11.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 379 617
13.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 368 216
16.3%
5
Panama
ZAR 362 373
17.6%
6
Chile
ZAR 354 757
19.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 345 747
21.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 337 462
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 328 883
25.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 320 024
27.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 285 659
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 353 405
19.6%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 324 906
26.1%
2
Angola
ZAR 322 981
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 316 900
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 308 915
29.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 308 818
29.8%
6
Morocco
ZAR 307 161
30.1%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 301 302
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 291 083
33.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 289 905
34.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 284 417
35.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 275 659
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 417 685
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 417 685
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 404 495
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 404 495
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 395 701
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 391 305
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 374 395
14.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 334 731
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 333 162
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 258 388
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.