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 39 780
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 018
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 196
Net pay
* R 31 584
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
20.6%
79.4%
Net pay
20.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 31 584
Net pay
R 575
Tax the employer pays
R 8 196
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 770
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 575 to pay you R 39 780. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.6% tax rate now rises to 21.7%, 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 477 360 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 98 347. That means that your net pay will be R 379 013 per year, or R 31 584 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.6% 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.
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 396 084
17.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 353 810
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 449 256
5.9%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 427 444
10.5%
2
Thailand
ZAR 422 274
11.5%
3
Australia
ZAR 417 986
12.4%
4
South Korea
ZAR 399 605
16.3%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 397 713
16.7%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 383 377
19.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 382 619
19.9%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 381 943
20.0%
9
Singapore
ZAR 376 711
21.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 376 268
21.2%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 375 482
21.3%
12
Philippines
ZAR 361 252
24.3%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 348 170
27.1%
14
China
ZAR 330 104
30.9%
15
India
ZAR 312 880
34.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 431 588
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 422 204
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 420 989
11.8%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 408 878
14.4%
4
Colombia
ZAR 394 608
17.3%
5
Panama
ZAR 390 887
18.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 384 372
19.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 371 540
22.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 365 825
23.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 356 209
25.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 345 623
27.6%
11
Argentina
ZAR 310 159
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 379 013
20.6%
1
Angola
ZAR 350 402
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 349 924
26.7%
3
Kenya
ZAR 343 284
28.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 333 751
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 333 243
30.2%
6
Morocco
ZAR 330 002
30.9%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 326 940
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 315 583
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 312 853
34.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 307 033
35.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 298 839
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 453 492
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 453 492
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 439 171
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 439 171
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 429 624
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 424 850
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 402 920
15.6%
7
Egypt
ZAR 363 000
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 361 431
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 281 455
41.0%
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.