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 38 700
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 654
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 831
Net pay
* R 30 869
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
20.2%
79.8%
Net pay
20.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 30 869
Net pay
R 564
Tax the employer pays
R 7 831
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 395
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 564 to pay you R 38 700. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.2% tax rate now rises to 21.4%, 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 464 400 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 93 968. That means that your net pay will be R 370 432 per year, or R 30 869 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.8%. 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 33.79, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 66.21.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 662 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 311 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 47 500
R 48 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
ZAR 418 560
9.9%
1
Ireland
ZAR 411 945
11.3%
2
United Kingdom
ZAR 406 838
12.4%
3
Russia
ZAR 404 028
13.0%
4
France
ZAR 394 971
15.0%
5
Norway
ZAR 382 332
17.7%
6
Hungary
ZAR 378 486
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 377 935
18.6%
8
Austria
ZAR 374 867
19.3%
9
Ukraine
ZAR 373 842
19.5%
10
Spain
ZAR 370 762
20.2%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 366 989
21.0%
12
Italy
ZAR 337 563
27.3%
13
Greece
ZAR 334 617
28.0%
14
Sweden
ZAR 334 467
28.0%
15
Germany
ZAR 334 210
28.0%
16
Poland
ZAR 319 004
31.3%
17
Denmark
ZAR 311 350
33.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 307 083
33.9%
19
Portugal
ZAR 298 997
35.6%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 292 239
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 277 050
40.3%
22
Romania
ZAR 271 674
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 386 495
16.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 344 592
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 437 443
5.8%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 416 240
10.4%
2
Thailand
ZAR 411 906
11.3%
3
Australia
ZAR 407 748
12.2%
4
South Korea
ZAR 389 472
16.1%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 387 201
16.6%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 374 629
19.3%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 373 191
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 371 445
20.0%
9
Japan
ZAR 367 053
21.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 366 949
21.0%
11
Singapore
ZAR 366 786
21.0%
12
Philippines
ZAR 352 504
24.1%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 339 495
26.9%
14
China
ZAR 323 639
30.3%
15
India
ZAR 305 519
34.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 419 871
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 411 415
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 410 550
11.6%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 398 903
14.1%
4
Colombia
ZAR 385 539
17.0%
5
Panama
ZAR 381 083
17.9%
6
Chile
ZAR 374 189
19.4%
7
Mexico
ZAR 362 671
21.9%
8
Peru
ZAR 356 072
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 346 813
25.3%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 336 821
27.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 301 735
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 370 432
20.2%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 341 322
26.5%
2
Angola
ZAR 340 974
26.6%
3
Kenya
ZAR 334 212
28.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 325 178
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 324 969
30.0%
6
Morocco
ZAR 322 148
30.6%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 318 125
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 307 159
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 304 963
34.3%
10
Senegal
ZAR 299 257
35.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 290 869
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 441 180
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 441 180
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 427 248
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 427 248
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 417 960
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 413 316
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 393 112
15.4%
7
Egypt
ZAR 353 280
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 351 711
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 273 583
41.1%
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.