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 57 339
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 14 377
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 14 554
Net pay
* R 42 785
Marginal tax rate
38.7%
Average tax rate
25.4%
74.6%
Net pay
25.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 42 785
Net pay
R 751
Tax the employer pays
R 14 554
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 15 305
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 751 to pay you R 57 339. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.67 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.4% tax rate now rises to 26.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 688 068 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 174 652. That means that your net pay will be R 513 416 per year, or R 42 785 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.4% 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
Tax per income
R 57 500
R 58 000
R 58 500
R 59 000
R 59 500
R 60 000
R 60 500
R 61 000
R 61 500
R 62 000
R 62 500
R 63 000
R 63 500
R 64 000
R 64 500
R 65 000
R 65 500
R 66 000
R 66 500
R 67 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
ZAR 598 619
13.0%
1
Switzerland
ZAR 598 252
13.1%
2
Ireland
ZAR 568 833
17.3%
3
Hungary
ZAR 560 775
18.5%
4
United Kingdom
ZAR 556 136
19.2%
5
Ukraine
ZAR 553 895
19.5%
6
France
ZAR 552 210
19.7%
7
Czech Republic
ZAR 532 503
22.6%
8
Norway
ZAR 529 953
23.0%
9
Luxembourg
ZAR 519 476
24.5%
10
Spain
ZAR 517 565
24.8%
11
Austria
ZAR 497 172
27.7%
12
Sweden
ZAR 486 405
29.3%
13
Greece
ZAR 472 236
31.4%
14
Denmark
ZAR 463 676
32.6%
15
Germany
ZAR 457 621
33.5%
16
Poland
ZAR 452 050
34.3%
17
Italy
ZAR 436 888
36.5%
18
Netherlands
ZAR 432 993
37.1%
19
Finland
ZAR 430 479
37.4%
20
Portugal
ZAR 414 920
39.7%
21
Romania
ZAR 402 520
41.5%
22
Belgium
ZAR 348 422
49.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 551 985
19.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 500 997
27.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 632 772
8.0%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 609 031
11.5%
2
Thailand
ZAR 582 626
15.3%
3
Australia
ZAR 563 359
18.1%
4
South Korea
ZAR 562 531
18.2%
5
Kazakhstan
ZAR 552 616
19.7%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 547 061
20.5%
7
Singapore
ZAR 532 723
22.6%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 531 128
22.8%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 525 605
23.6%
10
Japan
ZAR 520 043
24.4%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 512 685
25.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 501 545
27.1%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 481 098
30.1%
14
China
ZAR 456 264
33.7%
15
India
ZAR 432 563
37.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 622 093
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 590 457
14.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 586 699
14.7%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 568 471
17.4%
4
Chile
ZAR 557 490
19.0%
5
Panama
ZAR 550 288
20.0%
6
Colombia
ZAR 542 101
21.2%
7
Peru
ZAR 519 543
24.5%
8
Mexico
ZAR 513 588
25.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 508 973
26.0%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 483 433
29.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 447 119
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 513 416
25.4%
1
Angola
ZAR 503 692
26.8%
2
Kenya
ZAR 490 780
28.7%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 487 104
29.2%
4
Ghana
ZAR 473 134
31.2%
5
Nigeria
ZAR 470 264
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 464 512
32.5%
7
Morocco
ZAR 457 688
33.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 442 830
35.6%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 441 143
35.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 433 457
37.0%
11
Zambia
ZAR 428 425
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 653 665
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 653 665
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 633 023
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 633 023
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 619 261
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 612 380
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 556 150
19.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 521 031
24.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 519 462
24.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 404 191
41.3%
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.