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 37 028
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 132
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 309
Net pay
* R 29 719
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 29 719
Net pay
R 547
Tax the employer pays
R 7 309
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 857
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 547 to pay you R 37 028. 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 444 336 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 87 710. That means that your net pay will be R 356 626 per year, or R 29 719 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 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
R 46 500
R 47 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
ZAR 402 573
9.4%
1
Ireland
ZAR 398 835
10.2%
2
United Kingdom
ZAR 393 445
11.5%
3
Russia
ZAR 386 572
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 378 840
14.7%
5
Norway
ZAR 369 025
17.0%
6
Luxembourg
ZAR 363 568
18.2%
7
Hungary
ZAR 362 134
18.5%
8
Austria
ZAR 360 903
18.8%
9
Ukraine
ZAR 357 690
19.5%
10
Spain
ZAR 356 774
19.7%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 352 142
20.8%
12
Italy
ZAR 326 153
26.6%
13
Germany
ZAR 322 862
27.3%
14
Greece
ZAR 321 531
27.6%
15
Sweden
ZAR 321 019
27.8%
16
Poland
ZAR 306 193
31.1%
17
Denmark
ZAR 297 851
33.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 294 629
33.7%
19
Portugal
ZAR 288 079
35.2%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 279 615
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 268 663
39.5%
22
Romania
ZAR 259 937
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 371 546
16.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 330 065
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 419 156
5.7%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 398 895
10.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 395 855
10.9%
3
Australia
ZAR 391 897
11.8%
4
South Korea
ZAR 373 784
15.9%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 370 927
16.5%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 361 086
18.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 358 594
19.3%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 355 193
20.1%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 353 555
20.4%
10
Japan
ZAR 352 786
20.6%
11
Singapore
ZAR 351 421
20.9%
12
Philippines
ZAR 338 961
23.7%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 326 051
26.6%
14
China
ZAR 312 621
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 294 123
33.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 401 731
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 394 559
11.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 394 388
11.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 383 308
13.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 371 486
16.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 365 905
17.7%
6
Chile
ZAR 358 425
19.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 348 941
21.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 340 974
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 332 267
25.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 323 195
27.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 288 693
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 356 626
19.7%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 328 004
26.2%
2
Angola
ZAR 326 377
26.6%
3
Kenya
ZAR 320 167
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 311 987
29.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 311 906
29.8%
6
Morocco
ZAR 309 990
30.2%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 304 477
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 294 117
33.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 292 747
34.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 287 218
35.4%
11
Zambia
ZAR 278 530
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 422 119
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 422 119
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 408 789
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 408 789
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 399 902
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 395 459
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 377 927
15.0%
7
Egypt
ZAR 338 232
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 336 663
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 261 340
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.