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 60 441
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 15 586
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 15 763
Net pay
* R 44 678
Marginal tax rate
39.0%
Average tax rate
26.1%
73.9%
Net pay
26.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 44 678
Net pay
R 782
Tax the employer pays
R 15 763
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 16 544
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 782 to pay you R 60 441. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.74 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.1% tax rate now rises to 27.0%, 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 725 292 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 189 152. That means that your net pay will be R 536 140 per year, or R 44 678 per month. Your average tax rate is 26.1% and your marginal tax rate is 39.0%. 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 39, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 61.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 610 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 67 500
R 68 000
R 68 500
R 69 000
R 69 500
R 70 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 579 526
20.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 525 069
27.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 655 526
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 619 622
14.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 615 017
15.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 595 436
17.9%
4
Chile
ZAR 591 531
18.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 578 448
20.3%
6
Colombia
ZAR 568 138
21.7%
7
Peru
ZAR 546 577
24.6%
8
Mexico
ZAR 538 611
25.7%
9
Brazil
ZAR 535 960
26.1%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 506 037
30.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 471 314
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 689 027
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 689 027
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 667 269
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 667 269
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 652 763
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 645 510
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 582 356
19.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 548 949
24.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 547 380
24.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 425 871
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.