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 37 480
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 272
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 449
Net pay
* R 30 031
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
19.9%
80.1%
Net pay
19.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 30 031
Net pay
R 552
Tax the employer pays
R 7 449
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 001
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 552 to pay you R 37 480. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.13 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.9% tax rate now rises to 21.0%, 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 449 760 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 89 391. That means that your net pay will be R 360 369 per year, or R 30 031 per month. Your average tax rate is 19.9% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 375 637
16.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 334 086
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 406 635
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 399 188
11.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 398 757
11.3%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 387 596
13.8%
4
Colombia
ZAR 375 285
16.6%
5
Panama
ZAR 370 008
17.7%
6
Chile
ZAR 362 687
19.4%
7
Mexico
ZAR 352 653
21.6%
8
Peru
ZAR 345 056
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 336 199
25.3%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 326 878
27.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 292 219
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 427 272
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 427 272
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 413 779
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 413 779
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 404 784
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 400 286
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 382 032
15.1%
7
Egypt
ZAR 342 300
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 340 731
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 264 690
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.