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 51 730
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 12 240
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 12 417
Net pay
* R 39 313
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
24.0%
76.0%
Net pay
24.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 39 313
Net pay
R 694
Tax the employer pays
R 12 417
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 13 111
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 694 to pay you R 51 730. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.53 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24% tax rate now rises to 25.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 620 760 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 149 004. That means that your net pay will be R 471 756 per year, or R 39 313 per month. Your average tax rate is 24.0% 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 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
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R 58 000
R 58 500
R 59 000
R 59 500
R 60 000
R 60 500
R 61 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 502 184
19.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 456 557
26.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 575 333
7.3%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 551 412
11.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 532 145
14.3%
3
Australia
ZAR 519 272
16.4%
4
South Korea
ZAR 511 014
17.7%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 500 881
19.3%
6
Kazakhstan
ZAR 498 097
19.8%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 485 228
21.8%
8
Singapore
ZAR 483 535
22.1%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 480 172
22.7%
10
Japan
ZAR 474 176
23.6%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 468 750
24.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 457 524
26.3%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 438 930
29.3%
14
China
ZAR 414 533
33.2%
15
India
ZAR 394 332
36.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 561 238
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 537 721
13.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 535 074
13.8%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 519 200
16.4%
4
Panama
ZAR 499 369
19.6%
5
Chile
ZAR 496 844
20.0%
6
Colombia
ZAR 494 970
20.3%
7
Peru
ZAR 470 661
24.2%
8
Mexico
ZAR 468 340
24.6%
9
Brazil
ZAR 460 174
25.9%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 442 561
28.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 403 369
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 471 756
24.0%
1
Angola
ZAR 454 726
26.8%
2
Kenya
ZAR 443 664
28.5%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 443 354
28.6%
4
Ghana
ZAR 428 610
31.0%
5
Nigeria
ZAR 424 481
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 422 827
31.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 416 900
32.8%
8
Uganda
ZAR 405 811
34.6%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 400 162
35.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 393 073
36.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 387 030
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 589 722
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 589 722
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 571 099
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 571 099
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 558 684
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 552 476
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 508 765
18.0%
7
Egypt
ZAR 470 550
24.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 468 981
24.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 364 990
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.