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 41 236
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 510
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 687
Net pay
* R 32 549
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 32 549
Net pay
R 589
Tax the employer pays
R 8 687
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 277
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 589 to pay you R 41 236. 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 494 832 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 104 250. That means that your net pay will be R 390 582 per year, or R 32 549 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 409 012
17.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 366 238
26.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 447 385
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 436 750
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 435 063
12.1%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 422 326
14.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 406 829
17.8%
5
Panama
ZAR 404 105
18.3%
6
Chile
ZAR 397 748
19.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 383 496
22.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 378 776
23.5%
9
Brazil
ZAR 368 877
25.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 357 489
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 321 515
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 390 582
21.1%
1
Angola
ZAR 363 113
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 361 500
26.9%
3
Kenya
ZAR 355 514
28.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 345 309
30.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 344 398
30.4%
6
Morocco
ZAR 340 590
31.2%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 338 825
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 326 940
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 323 491
34.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 317 516
35.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 309 585
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 470 090
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 470 090
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 455 245
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 455 245
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 445 349
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 440 401
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 416 143
15.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 376 104
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 374 535
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 291 649
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.