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 43 520
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 9 284
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 9 461
Net pay
* R 34 059
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
21.7%
78.3%
Net pay
21.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 34 059
Net pay
R 612
Tax the employer pays
R 9 461
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 10 074
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 612 to pay you R 43 520. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.31 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.7% tax rate now rises to 22.8%, 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 522 240 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 113 537. That means that your net pay will be R 408 703 per year, or R 34 059 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.7% and your marginal tax rate is 36.0%. 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 36, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 64.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 640 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 200 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
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R 50 000
R 50 500
R 51 000
R 51 500
R 52 000
R 52 500
R 53 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 429 290
17.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 385 874
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 489 395
6.3%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 466 243
10.7%
2
Thailand
ZAR 457 501
12.4%
3
Australia
ZAR 453 441
13.2%
4
South Korea
ZAR 434 696
16.8%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 432 174
17.3%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 418 296
19.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 415 270
20.5%
8
Pakistan
ZAR 413 671
20.8%
9
Singapore
ZAR 411 080
21.3%
10
Japan
ZAR 407 040
22.1%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 404 902
22.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 391 546
25.0%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 377 207
27.8%
14
China
ZAR 353 450
32.3%
15
India
ZAR 338 372
35.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 472 165
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 459 567
12.0%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 457 140
12.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 443 421
15.1%
4
Colombia
ZAR 426 003
18.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 424 839
18.7%
6
Chile
ZAR 418 526
19.9%
7
Mexico
ZAR 402 110
23.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 398 911
23.6%
9
Brazil
ZAR 388 747
25.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 377 188
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 339 331
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 408 703
21.7%
1
Angola
ZAR 383 052
26.7%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 379 316
27.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 374 700
28.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 363 439
30.4%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 361 811
30.7%
6
Nigeria
ZAR 357 468
31.6%
7
Morocco
ZAR 357 199
31.6%
8
Uganda
ZAR 344 755
34.0%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 340 179
34.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 333 961
36.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 326 441
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 496 128
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 496 128
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 480 461
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 480 461
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 470 016
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 464 793
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 436 885
16.3%
7
Egypt
ZAR 396 660
24.1%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 395 091
24.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 307 611
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.