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 41 234
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 510
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 687
Net pay
* R 32 547
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
21.1%
78.9%
Net pay
21.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 32 547
Net pay
R 589
Tax the employer pays
R 8 687
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 276
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 589 to pay you R 41 234. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.1% tax rate now rises to 22.2%, 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 494 808 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 104 242. That means that your net pay will be R 390 566 per year, or R 32 547 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.1% 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 33.78, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 66.22.
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 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
R 50 500
R 51 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 408 994
17.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 366 221
26.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 464 898
6.0%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 442 528
10.6%
2
Thailand
ZAR 436 059
11.9%
3
Australia
ZAR 431 770
12.7%
4
South Korea
ZAR 413 247
16.5%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 411 294
16.9%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 396 076
20.0%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 395 313
20.1%
8
Pakistan
ZAR 395 155
20.1%
9
Singapore
ZAR 390 073
21.2%
10
Japan
ZAR 388 347
21.5%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 386 970
21.8%
12
Philippines
ZAR 373 030
24.6%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 359 849
27.3%
14
China
ZAR 338 808
31.5%
15
India
ZAR 322 791
34.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 447 363
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 436 729
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 435 043
12.1%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 422 307
14.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 406 812
17.8%
5
Panama
ZAR 404 087
18.3%
6
Chile
ZAR 397 730
19.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 383 480
22.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 378 759
23.5%
9
Brazil
ZAR 368 859
25.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 357 473
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 321 500
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 390 566
21.1%
1
Angola
ZAR 363 096
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 361 485
26.9%
3
Kenya
ZAR 355 498
28.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 345 293
30.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 344 383
30.4%
6
Morocco
ZAR 340 575
31.2%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 338 808
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 326 924
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 323 477
34.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 317 501
35.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 309 570
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 470 068
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 470 068
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 455 223
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 455 223
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 445 327
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 440 379
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 416 125
15.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 376 086
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 374 517
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 291 635
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.