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 60 657
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 15 670
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 15 847
Net pay
* R 44 810
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 44 810
Net pay
R 784
Tax the employer pays
R 15 847
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 16 631
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 784 to pay you R 60 657. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.74 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.1% tax rate now rises to 27.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 727 884 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 190 163. That means that your net pay will be R 537 721 per year, or R 44 810 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.
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 581 444
20.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 526 742
27.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 657 853
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 621 653
14.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 616 989
15.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 597 313
17.9%
4
Chile
ZAR 593 901
18.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 580 409
20.3%
6
Colombia
ZAR 569 951
21.7%
7
Peru
ZAR 548 460
24.7%
8
Mexico
ZAR 540 354
25.8%
9
Brazil
ZAR 537 839
26.1%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 507 611
30.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 472 999
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 537 721
26.1%
1
Angola
ZAR 532 658
26.8%
2
Kenya
ZAR 518 651
28.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 512 984
29.5%
4
Ghana
ZAR 499 473
31.4%
5
Nigeria
ZAR 497 347
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 489 171
32.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 481 816
33.8%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 465 385
36.1%
9
Uganda
ZAR 464 729
36.2%
10
Senegal
ZAR 457 347
37.2%
11
Zambia
ZAR 452 912
37.8%
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.