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 55 600
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 13 704
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 13 881
Net pay
*
R 41 719
Marginal tax rate
38.7%
Average tax rate
25.0%
75.0%
Net pay
25.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 41 719
Net pay
R 733
Tax the employer pays
R 13 881
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 14 614
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 733 to pay you R 55 600. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.63 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25% tax rate now rises to 25.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 667 200 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 166 571. That means that your net pay will be R 500 629 per year, or R 41 719 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.0% and your marginal tax rate is 38.7%. 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 38.72, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 61.28.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 613 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 064 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 536 545
19.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 487 485
26.9%
2
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.