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 471 448
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 197 031
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 197 208
Net pay
*
R 274 240
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
41.8%
58.2%
Net pay
41.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 274 240
Net pay
R 4 892
Tax the employer pays
R 197 208
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 202 099
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 4 892 to pay you R 471 448. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.29 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.8% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 5 657 376 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 2 366 492. That means that your net pay will be R 3 290 884 per year, or R 274 240 per month. Your average tax rate is 41.8% 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 3 561 638
37.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 3 050 858
46.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 4 968 950
12.2%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 4 754 834
16.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 4 567 298
19.3%
3
Thailand
ZAR 3 926 024
30.6%
4
Indonesia
ZAR 3 891 430
31.2%
5
Taiwan
ZAR 3 849 082
32.0%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 3 757 931
33.6%
7
Vietnam
ZAR 3 706 896
34.5%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 3 643 128
35.6%
9
Philippines
ZAR 3 639 229
35.7%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 3 637 685
35.7%
11
China
ZAR 3 624 066
35.9%
12
Japan
ZAR 3 525 331
37.7%
13
South Korea
ZAR 3 475 258
38.6%
14
Australia
ZAR 3 345 108
40.9%
15
India
ZAR 2 824 289
50.1%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 5 021 239
11.2%
1
Brazil
ZAR 4 111 721
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 4 001 890
29.3%
3
Uruguay
ZAR 3 928 326
30.6%
4
Panama
ZAR 3 896 258
31.1%
5
Colombia
ZAR 3 876 124
31.5%
6
Chile
ZAR 3 834 418
32.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 3 764 280
33.5%
8
Puerto Rico
ZAR 3 760 079
33.5%
9
Argentina
ZAR 3 677 169
35.0%
10
Peru
ZAR 3 607 287
36.2%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 3 473 385
38.6%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 4 118 864
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 3 969 295
29.8%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 3 850 387
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 3 838 689
32.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 3 760 332
33.5%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 3 717 154
34.3%
6
Zambia
ZAR 3 484 549
38.4%
7
Morocco
ZAR 3 469 029
38.7%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 3 466 706
38.7%
9
Senegal
ZAR 3 415 042
39.6%
10
South Africa
ZAR 3 290 884
41.8%
11
Uganda
ZAR 3 175 950
43.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 5 466 073
3.4%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 5 439 781
3.9%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 5 397 715
4.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 5 374 507
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 5 374 507
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 5 204 786
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 4 248 012
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 4 246 443
24.9%
8
Turkey
ZAR 3 298 366
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 3 270 280
42.2%
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.