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 39 120
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 795
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 7 973
Net pay
* R 31 147
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
20.4%
79.6%
Net pay
20.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 31 147
Net pay
R 568
Tax the employer pays
R 7 973
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 541
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 568 to pay you R 39 120. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.18 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.4% tax rate now rises to 21.5%, 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 469 440 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 95 671. That means that your net pay will be R 373 769 per year, or R 31 147 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.4% 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 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
R 48 500
R 49 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 390 224
16.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 348 177
25.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 424 428
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 415 611
11.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 414 609
11.7%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 402 782
14.2%
4
Colombia
ZAR 389 068
17.1%
5
Panama
ZAR 384 896
18.0%
6
Chile
ZAR 378 149
19.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 366 120
22.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 359 865
23.3%
9
Brazil
ZAR 350 467
25.3%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 340 244
27.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 305 011
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 373 769
20.4%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 344 667
26.6%
2
Angola
ZAR 344 640
26.6%
3
Kenya
ZAR 337 740
28.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 328 512
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 328 187
30.1%
6
Morocco
ZAR 325 202
30.7%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 321 553
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 310 435
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 308 031
34.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 302 281
35.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 293 969
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 445 968
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 445 968
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 431 885
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 431 885
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 422 496
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 417 802
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 396 926
15.5%
7
Egypt
ZAR 357 060
23.9%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 355 491
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 276 644
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.