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 36 935
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 103
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 280
Net pay
* R 29 655
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 29 655
Net pay
R 546
Tax the employer pays
R 7 280
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 827
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 546 to pay you R 36 935. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.12 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.7% tax rate now rises to 20.9%, 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 443 220 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 87 364. That means that your net pay will be R 355 856 per year, or R 29 655 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.
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 370 704
16.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 329 237
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 400 722
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 393 607
11.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 393 489
11.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 382 425
13.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 370 704
16.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 365 060
17.6%
6
Chile
ZAR 357 548
19.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 348 178
21.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 340 134
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 331 458
25.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 322 437
27.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 287 968
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 355 856
19.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 327 264
26.2%
2
Angola
ZAR 325 565
26.6%
3
Kenya
ZAR 319 386
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 311 253
29.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 311 167
29.8%
6
Morocco
ZAR 309 313
30.2%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 303 718
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 293 392
33.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 292 067
34.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 286 549
35.4%
11
Zambia
ZAR 277 843
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 421 059
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 421 059
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 407 762
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 407 763
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 398 898
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 394 466
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 377 083
14.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 337 395
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 335 826
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 260 635
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.