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 36 774
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 053
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 230
Net pay
* R 29 544
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
19.7%
80.3%
Net pay
19.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 29 544
Net pay
R 545
Tax the employer pays
R 7 230
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 775
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 545 to pay you R 36 774. 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 19.7% tax rate now rises to 20.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 441 288 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 86 765. That means that your net pay will be R 354 523 per year, or R 29 544 per month. Your average tax rate is 19.7% 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.
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 369 247
16.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 327 805
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 416 378
5.6%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 396 260
10.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 393 417
10.9%
3
Australia
ZAR 389 489
11.7%
4
South Korea
ZAR 371 400
15.8%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 368 455
16.5%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 359 029
18.6%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 356 377
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 352 724
20.1%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 351 474
20.4%
10
Japan
ZAR 350 619
20.6%
11
Singapore
ZAR 349 087
20.9%
12
Philippines
ZAR 336 904
23.7%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 324 005
26.6%
14
China
ZAR 310 495
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 292 392
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 398 975
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 391 933
11.2%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 391 958
11.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 380 898
13.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 369 351
16.3%
5
Panama
ZAR 363 599
17.6%
6
Chile
ZAR 356 030
19.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 346 855
21.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 338 681
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 330 057
25.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 321 125
27.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 286 712
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 354 523
19.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 325 981
26.1%
2
Angola
ZAR 324 160
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 318 034
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 309 981
29.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 309 889
29.8%
6
Morocco
ZAR 308 143
30.2%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 302 404
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 292 136
33.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 290 891
34.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 285 389
35.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 276 655
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 419 224
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 419 224
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 405 985
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 405 985
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 397 159
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 392 746
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 375 621
14.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 335 946
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 334 377
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 259 413
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.