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 45 583
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 10 027
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 10 204
Net pay
* R 35 379
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
22.4%
77.6%
Net pay
22.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 35 379
Net pay
R 633
Tax the employer pays
R 10 204
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 10 837
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 633 to pay you R 45 583. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.38 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.4% tax rate now rises to 23.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 546 996 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 122 449. That means that your net pay will be R 424 547 per year, or R 35 379 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.4% 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 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
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R 52 000
R 52 500
R 53 000
R 53 500
R 54 000
R 54 500
R 55 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 447 607
18.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 404 225
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 511 502
6.5%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 487 644
10.9%
2
Thailand
ZAR 476 822
12.8%
3
Australia
ZAR 470 957
13.9%
4
South Korea
ZAR 454 053
17.0%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 450 272
17.7%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 438 348
19.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 433 280
20.8%
8
Pakistan
ZAR 430 382
21.3%
9
Singapore
ZAR 429 773
21.4%
10
Japan
ZAR 423 910
22.5%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 420 857
23.1%
12
Philippines
ZAR 408 256
25.4%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 392 717
28.2%
14
China
ZAR 368 799
32.6%
15
India
ZAR 352 434
35.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 494 547
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 479 927
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 477 081
12.8%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 462 472
15.5%
4
Panama
ZAR 443 567
18.9%
5
Colombia
ZAR 443 343
19.0%
6
Chile
ZAR 437 293
20.1%
7
Mexico
ZAR 418 752
23.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 417 090
23.8%
9
Brazil
ZAR 406 696
25.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 395 122
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 355 422
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 424 547
22.4%
1
Angola
ZAR 401 062
26.7%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 395 407
27.7%
3
Kenya
ZAR 392 029
28.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 379 815
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 377 143
31.1%
6
Nigeria
ZAR 374 307
31.6%
7
Morocco
ZAR 372 200
32.0%
8
Uganda
ZAR 360 846
34.0%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 355 251
35.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 348 814
36.2%
11
Zambia
ZAR 341 666
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 519 646
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 519 646
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 503 236
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 503 236
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 492 296
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 486 827
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 455 620
16.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 415 227
24.1%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 413 658
24.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 322 030
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.