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 571 259
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 241 945
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 242 123
Net pay
* R 329 136
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
42.4%
57.6%
Net pay
42.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 329 136
Net pay
R 5 890
Tax the employer pays
R 242 123
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 248 012
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 5 890 to pay you R 571 259. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42.4% tax rate now rises to 43.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 6 855 108 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 2 905 471. That means that your net pay will be R 3 949 637 per year, or R 329 136 per month. Your average tax rate is 42.4% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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R 200 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 4 223 984
38.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 3 607 448
47.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 6 046 908
11.8%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 5 748 951
16.1%
2
Singapore
ZAR 5 501 529
19.8%
3
Thailand
ZAR 4 704 550
31.4%
4
Indonesia
ZAR 4 701 096
31.4%
5
Taiwan
ZAR 4 567 721
33.4%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 4 536 457
33.8%
7
Vietnam
ZAR 4 485 422
34.6%
8
Philippines
ZAR 4 382 821
36.1%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 4 373 745
36.2%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 4 368 287
36.3%
11
China
ZAR 4 282 819
37.5%
12
Japan
ZAR 4 171 176
39.2%
13
South Korea
ZAR 4 121 513
39.9%
14
Australia
ZAR 3 979 906
41.9%
15
India
ZAR 3 411 178
50.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 6 081 329
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 4 980 077
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 4 805 868
29.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 4 695 744
31.5%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 4 655 781
32.1%
5
Colombia
ZAR 4 606 727
32.8%
6
Chile
ZAR 4 553 057
33.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 4 542 806
33.7%
8
Puerto Rico
ZAR 4 534 413
33.9%
9
Argentina
ZAR 4 455 695
35.0%
10
Peru
ZAR 4 340 898
36.7%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 4 156 649
39.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 4 990 214
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 4 807 708
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 4 665 085
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 4 655 932
32.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 4 552 631
33.6%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 4 495 680
34.4%
6
Zambia
ZAR 4 221 154
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 4 195 945
38.8%
8
Morocco
ZAR 4 194 841
38.8%
9
Senegal
ZAR 4 133 681
39.7%
10
South Africa
ZAR 3 949 637
42.4%
11
Uganda
ZAR 3 834 702
44.1%
12
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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.