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 42 500
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 937
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 9 115
Net pay
* R 33 385
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
21.4%
78.6%
Net pay
21.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 33 385
Net pay
R 602
Tax the employer pays
R 9 115
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 717
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 602 to pay you R 42 500. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.29 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.4% tax rate now rises to 22.5%, 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 510 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 109 374. That means that your net pay will be R 400 626 per year, or R 33 385 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.5% 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 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 454 894
10.8%
1
Russia
ZAR 443 700
13.0%
2
Ireland
ZAR 443 596
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
ZAR 437 276
14.3%
4
France
ZAR 430 567
15.6%
5
Hungary
ZAR 415 650
18.5%
6
Norway
ZAR 412 428
19.1%
7
Ukraine
ZAR 410 550
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
ZAR 408 926
19.8%
9
Spain
ZAR 401 299
21.3%
10
Austria
ZAR 401 324
21.3%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 400 733
21.4%
12
Sweden
ZAR 365 029
28.4%
13
Greece
ZAR 363 337
28.8%
14
Germany
ZAR 359 845
29.4%
15
Italy
ZAR 359 133
29.6%
16
Poland
ZAR 348 122
31.7%
17
Denmark
ZAR 342 311
32.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 334 505
34.4%
19
Portugal
ZAR 323 093
36.7%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 320 936
37.1%
21
Romania
ZAR 298 350
41.5%
22
Belgium
ZAR 292 629
42.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 420 234
17.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 377 027
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 478 464
6.2%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 455 661
10.7%
2
Thailand
ZAR 447 934
12.2%
3
Australia
ZAR 443 772
13.0%
4
South Korea
ZAR 425 126
16.6%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 422 857
17.1%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 408 381
19.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 406 365
20.3%
8
Pakistan
ZAR 405 409
20.5%
9
Singapore
ZAR 401 707
21.2%
10
Japan
ZAR 398 699
21.8%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 396 972
22.2%
12
Philippines
ZAR 383 284
24.9%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 369 539
27.5%
14
China
ZAR 346 386
32.1%
15
India
ZAR 331 420
35.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 461 099
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 449 377
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 447 280
12.3%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 434 000
14.9%
4
Colombia
ZAR 417 439
18.2%
5
Panama
ZAR 415 579
18.5%
6
Chile
ZAR 409 247
19.8%
7
Mexico
ZAR 393 876
22.8%
8
Peru
ZAR 389 919
23.6%
9
Brazil
ZAR 379 873
25.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 368 321
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 331 375
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 400 626
21.5%
1
Angola
ZAR 374 148
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 371 360
27.2%
3
Kenya
ZAR 366 132
28.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 355 342
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 354 082
30.6%
6
Morocco
ZAR 349 781
31.4%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 349 142
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 336 799
34.0%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 332 726
34.8%
10
Senegal
ZAR 326 617
36.0%
11
Zambia
ZAR 318 913
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 484 500
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 484 500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 469 200
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 469 200
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 459 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 453 900
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 427 622
16.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 387 480
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 385 911
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 300 483
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.