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 5 173
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 51.73
Total tax
- R 51.73
Net pay
* R 5 121
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 5 121
Net pay
R 103
Tax the employer pays
R 51.73
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 155
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 103 to pay you R 5 173. 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 62 076 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 621. That means that your net pay will be R 61 455 per year, or R 5 121 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 5 500
R 6 000
R 6 500
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R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
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R 12 500
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R 13 500
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R 14 500
R 15 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 56 700
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 53 615
13.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 62 076
0.0%
1
Singapore
ZAR 62 076
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
ZAR 62 076
0.0%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 61 303
1.2%
4
Thailand
ZAR 58 972
5.0%
5
Philippines
ZAR 58 739
5.4%
6
Indonesia
ZAR 57 073
8.1%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 56 582
8.9%
8
South Korea
ZAR 55 425
10.7%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 54 744
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 54 695
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 54 627
12.0%
12
China
ZAR 53 891
13.2%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 52 140
16.0%
14
Japan
ZAR 50 442
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
ZAR 49 164
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 59 760
3.7%
1
Colombia
ZAR 62 935
7.3%
2
Brazil
ZAR 57 174
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 57 141
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 56 210
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 56 124
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 55 558
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 55 248
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 54 317
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 51 151
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 50 329
18.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 47 110
24.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 61 455
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 57 497
7.4%
2
Kenya
ZAR 53 335
14.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 52 434
15.5%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 52 364
15.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 50 615
18.5%
6
Zambia
ZAR 50 069
19.3%
7
Ghana
ZAR 48 733
21.5%
8
Angola
ZAR 47 401
23.6%
9
Senegal
ZAR 45 974
25.9%
10
Uganda
ZAR 45 678
26.4%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 44 464
28.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 62 076
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 58 972
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 58 972
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 57 110
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 57 110
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 55 248
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 53 913
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 49 968
19.5%
8
Egypt
ZAR 48 908
21.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 39 569
36.3%
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.