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 434 303 418
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 195 421 417
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 195 421 594
Net pay
*
R 238 881 824
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 238 881 824
Net pay
R 4 343 211
Tax the employer pays
R 195 421 594
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 199 764 805
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 4 343 211 to pay you R 434 303 418. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 5 211 641 016 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 2 345 059 130. That means that your net pay will be R 2 866 581 886 per year, or R 238 881 824 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 2 778 437 505
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 2 422 292 279
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 4 690 354 226
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 4 325 721 255
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 4 065 234 537
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 3 523 136 333
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 3 387 596 312
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 3 387 647 297
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 3 387 815 390
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 3 235 687 274
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 3 179 293 149
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 3 127 439 266
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 3 075 166 787
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 2 866 915 068
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 2 809 177 858
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 2 762 516 437
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 2 717 315 811
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 603 640 991
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 4 612 738 445
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 3 778 449 860
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 3 498 518 408
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 3 478 890 338
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 3 387 653 646
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 3 387 566 535
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 3 369 428 502
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 3 192 272 266
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 3 179 401 382
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 3 165 834 550
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 3 127 424 602
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 2 973 304 842
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 3 791 471 962
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 3 648 157 843
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 3 556 011 476
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 3 544 960 459
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 3 447 518 509
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 3 387 606 520
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 3 205 164 488
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 3 173 129 845
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 3 158 232 643
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 3 127 005 226
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 2 866 581 886
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 2 866 466 952
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 5 211 381 355
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 5 211 449 712
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 5 159 363 585
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 4 951 058 965
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 4 951 058 965
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 4 794 709 735
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 3 908 735 742
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 3 908 734 173
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 3 035 315 298
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 2 606 262 100
50.0%
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.