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 40 800
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 363
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 540
Net pay
* R 32 260
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
20.9%
79.1%
Net pay
20.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 32 260
Net pay
R 585
Tax the employer pays
R 8 540
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 125
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 585 to pay you R 40 800. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.24 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.9% tax rate now rises to 22.0%, 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 489 600 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 102 482. That means that your net pay will be R 387 118 per year, or R 32 260 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.9% 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 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
R 49 500
R 50 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
ZAR 438 639
10.4%
1
Ireland
ZAR 429 010
12.4%
2
Russia
ZAR 425 952
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
ZAR 423 659
13.5%
4
France
ZAR 414 887
15.3%
5
Hungary
ZAR 399 024
18.5%
6
Norway
ZAR 398 964
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 395 443
19.2%
8
Ukraine
ZAR 394 128
19.5%
9
Austria
ZAR 390 699
20.2%
10
Spain
ZAR 387 925
20.8%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 385 637
21.2%
12
Sweden
ZAR 351 357
28.2%
13
Greece
ZAR 350 723
28.4%
14
Italy
ZAR 350 484
28.4%
15
Germany
ZAR 348 413
28.8%
16
Poland
ZAR 335 096
31.6%
17
Denmark
ZAR 328 366
32.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 322 439
34.1%
19
Portugal
ZAR 312 478
36.2%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 308 097
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 286 458
41.5%
22
Romania
ZAR 286 416
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 405 140
17.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 362 516
26.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 460 247
6.0%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 438 026
10.5%
2
Thailand
ZAR 431 989
11.8%
3
Australia
ZAR 427 656
12.7%
4
South Korea
ZAR 409 175
16.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 407 329
16.8%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 391 857
20.0%
7
Pakistan
ZAR 391 639
20.0%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 391 524
20.0%
9
Singapore
ZAR 386 084
21.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 384 798
21.4%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 383 541
21.7%
12
Philippines
ZAR 369 514
24.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 356 363
27.2%
14
China
ZAR 336 210
31.3%
15
India
ZAR 319 833
34.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 442 655
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 432 394
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 430 848
12.0%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 418 299
14.6%
4
Colombia
ZAR 403 169
17.7%
5
Panama
ZAR 400 147
18.3%
6
Chile
ZAR 393 782
19.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 379 916
22.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 374 933
23.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 365 083
25.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 353 936
27.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 318 115
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 387 118
20.9%
1
Angola
ZAR 359 307
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 358 049
26.9%
3
Kenya
ZAR 351 852
28.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 341 848
30.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 341 058
30.3%
6
Morocco
ZAR 337 419
31.1%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 335 266
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 323 539
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 320 306
34.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 314 377
35.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 306 367
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 465 120
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 465 120
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 450 432
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 450 432
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 440 640
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 435 744
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 412 183
15.8%
7
Egypt
ZAR 372 180
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 370 611
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 288 602
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.