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 47 424
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 10 690
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 10 867
Net pay
* R 36 557
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
22.9%
77.1%
Net pay
22.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 36 557
Net pay
R 651
Tax the employer pays
R 10 867
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 11 518
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 651 to pay you R 47 424. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.43 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.9% tax rate now rises to 24.0%, 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 569 088 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 130 402. That means that your net pay will be R 438 686 per year, or R 36 557 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.9% 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 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
R 52 500
R 53 000
R 53 500
R 54 000
R 54 500
R 55 000
R 55 500
R 56 000
R 56 500
R 57 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 463 953
18.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 420 602
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 514 521
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 497 236
12.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 494 876
13.0%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 479 462
15.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 460 280
19.1%
5
Colombia
ZAR 458 816
19.4%
6
Chile
ZAR 454 040
20.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 433 603
23.8%
8
Peru
ZAR 433 134
23.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 422 712
25.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 411 126
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 369 782
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 540 634
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 540 634
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 523 561
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 523 561
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 512 179
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 506 488
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 471 635
17.1%
7
Egypt
ZAR 431 796
24.1%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 430 227
24.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 334 896
41.2%
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.