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 50 215
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 11 694
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 11 872
Net pay
* R 38 343
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
23.6%
76.4%
Net pay
23.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 38 343
Net pay
R 679
Tax the employer pays
R 11 872
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 12 551
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 679 to pay you R 50 215. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.50 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.6% tax rate now rises to 24.7%, 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 602 580 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 142 459. That means that your net pay will be R 460 121 per year, or R 38 343 per month. Your average tax rate is 23.6% 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 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
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R 57 000
R 57 500
R 58 000
R 58 500
R 59 000
R 59 500
R 60 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 488 733
18.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 444 189
26.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 559 632
7.1%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 535 696
11.1%
2
Thailand
ZAR 518 510
14.0%
3
Australia
ZAR 507 364
15.8%
4
South Korea
ZAR 497 044
17.5%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 488 408
19.0%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 483 371
19.8%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 472 693
21.6%
8
Singapore
ZAR 470 260
22.0%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 467 901
22.4%
10
Japan
ZAR 461 787
23.4%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 456 883
24.2%
12
Philippines
ZAR 445 433
26.1%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 427 540
29.1%
14
China
ZAR 403 261
33.1%
15
India
ZAR 384 005
36.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 460 121
23.6%
1
Angola
ZAR 441 500
26.7%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 431 537
28.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 430 938
28.5%
4
Ghana
ZAR 416 584
30.9%
5
Nigeria
ZAR 412 115
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 411 567
31.7%
7
Morocco
ZAR 405 884
32.6%
8
Uganda
ZAR 395 812
34.3%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 389 094
35.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 382 165
36.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 375 850
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 572 451
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 572 451
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 554 373
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 554 374
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 542 322
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 536 296
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 495 806
17.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 456 915
24.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 455 346
24.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 354 402
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.