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 4 987
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 49.87
Total tax
- R 49.87
Net pay
* R 4 937
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 4 937
Net pay
R 99.74
Tax the employer pays
R 49.87
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 150
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 99.74 to pay you R 4 987. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 59 844 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 598. That means that your net pay will be R 59 246 per year, or R 4 937 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 4 500
R 5 000
R 5 500
R 6 000
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
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R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 54 661
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 51 856
13.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 57 891
3.3%
1
Colombia
ZAR 60 881
7.3%
2
Brazil
ZAR 55 143
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 55 086
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 54 189
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 54 106
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 53 560
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 53 261
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 52 364
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 49 311
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 48 724
18.6%
11
Argentina
ZAR 48 133
19.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 59 246
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 55 491
7.3%
2
Kenya
ZAR 51 437
14.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 50 695
15.3%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 50 490
15.6%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 48 896
18.3%
6
Zambia
ZAR 48 807
18.4%
7
Ghana
ZAR 47 151
21.2%
8
Angola
ZAR 45 755
23.5%
9
Senegal
ZAR 44 621
25.4%
10
Uganda
ZAR 44 235
26.1%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 42 946
28.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 59 844
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 56 852
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 56 852
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 55 057
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 55 056
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 53 261
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 51 974
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 48 294
19.3%
8
Egypt
ZAR 47 122
21.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 38 269
36.1%
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.