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 62 260
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 16 295
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 16 472
Net pay
* R 45 788
Marginal tax rate
39.0%
Average tax rate
26.5%
73.5%
Net pay
26.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 45 788
Net pay
R 800
Tax the employer pays
R 16 472
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 17 272
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 800 to pay you R 62 260. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.77 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.5% tax rate now rises to 27.4%, 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 747 120 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 197 665. That means that your net pay will be R 549 455 per year, or R 45 788 per month. Your average tax rate is 26.5% 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 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
R 70 500
R 71 000
R 71 500
R 72 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 595 677
20.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 539 155
27.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 681 155
8.8%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 656 941
12.1%
2
Thailand
ZAR 626 915
16.1%
3
South Korea
ZAR 607 729
18.7%
4
Australia
ZAR 602 038
19.4%
5
Kazakhstan
ZAR 600 448
19.6%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 587 574
21.4%
7
Singapore
ZAR 575 867
22.9%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 571 224
23.5%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 565 465
24.3%
10
Japan
ZAR 560 283
25.0%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 550 912
26.3%
12
Philippines
ZAR 540 126
27.7%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 517 854
30.7%
14
China
ZAR 492 876
34.0%
15
India
ZAR 466 104
37.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 675 121
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 636 725
14.8%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 631 622
15.5%
3
Chile
ZAR 611 492
18.2%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 611 248
18.2%
5
Panama
ZAR 594 961
20.4%
6
Colombia
ZAR 583 418
21.9%
7
Peru
ZAR 562 430
24.7%
8
Mexico
ZAR 553 285
25.9%
9
Brazil
ZAR 551 785
26.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 519 292
30.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 485 503
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 709 764
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 709 764
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 687 350
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 687 351
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 672 408
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 664 937
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 597 722
20.0%
7
Egypt
ZAR 565 320
24.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 563 751
24.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 438 584
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.