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 42 156
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 821
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 998
Net pay
* R 33 158
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
21.3%
78.7%
Net pay
21.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 33 158
Net pay
R 599
Tax the employer pays
R 8 998
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 597
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 599 to pay you R 42 156. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.3% tax rate now rises to 22.4%, 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 505 872 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 107 980. That means that your net pay will be R 397 892 per year, or R 33 158 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.4% 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 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
R 51 500
R 52 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
ZAR 451 605
10.7%
1
Ireland
ZAR 440 645
12.9%
2
Russia
ZAR 440 109
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
ZAR 434 520
14.1%
4
France
ZAR 427 394
15.5%
5
Hungary
ZAR 412 286
18.5%
6
Norway
ZAR 409 704
19.0%
7
Ukraine
ZAR 407 227
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
ZAR 406 197
19.7%
9
Austria
ZAR 399 174
21.1%
10
Spain
ZAR 398 593
21.2%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 397 678
21.4%
12
Sweden
ZAR 362 262
28.4%
13
Greece
ZAR 360 785
28.7%
14
Germany
ZAR 357 532
29.3%
15
Italy
ZAR 357 383
29.4%
16
Poland
ZAR 345 486
31.7%
17
Denmark
ZAR 339 489
32.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 332 063
34.4%
19
Portugal
ZAR 320 945
36.6%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 318 338
37.1%
21
Romania
ZAR 295 935
41.5%
22
Belgium
ZAR 291 380
42.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 417 180
17.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 374 091
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 474 778
6.2%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 452 093
10.6%
2
Thailand
ZAR 444 707
12.1%
3
Australia
ZAR 440 510
12.9%
4
South Korea
ZAR 421 898
16.6%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 419 715
17.0%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 405 038
19.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 403 362
20.3%
8
Pakistan
ZAR 402 623
20.4%
9
Singapore
ZAR 398 546
21.2%
10
Japan
ZAR 395 886
21.7%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 394 254
22.1%
12
Philippines
ZAR 380 498
24.8%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 366 952
27.5%
14
China
ZAR 344 327
31.9%
15
India
ZAR 329 075
35.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 457 366
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 445 940
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 443 955
12.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 430 823
14.8%
4
Colombia
ZAR 414 551
18.1%
5
Panama
ZAR 412 457
18.5%
6
Chile
ZAR 406 118
19.7%
7
Mexico
ZAR 391 051
22.7%
8
Peru
ZAR 386 887
23.5%
9
Brazil
ZAR 376 881
25.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 365 331
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 328 691
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 397 892
21.4%
1
Angola
ZAR 371 145
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 368 676
27.1%
3
Kenya
ZAR 363 242
28.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 352 612
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 351 447
30.5%
6
Morocco
ZAR 347 280
31.4%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 346 334
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 334 116
34.0%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 330 213
34.7%
10
Senegal
ZAR 324 140
35.9%
11
Zambia
ZAR 316 374
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 480 578
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 480 578
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 465 402
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 465 402
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 455 285
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 450 226
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 424 498
16.1%
7
Egypt
ZAR 384 384
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 382 815
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 298 079
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.