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 6 260
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 62.60
Total tax
- R 62.60
Net pay
* R 6 197
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 6 197
Net pay
R 125
Tax the employer pays
R 62.60
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 188
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 125 to pay you R 6 260. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 75 120 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 751. That means that your net pay will be R 74 369 per year, or R 6 197 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
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R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 68 614
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 63 186
15.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 70 593
6.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 74 935
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 69 148
8.0%
3
Brazil
ZAR 68 913
8.3%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 68 021
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 67 917
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 67 232
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 66 857
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 65 730
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 61 899
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 60 021
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 50 255
33.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 74 369
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 68 506
8.8%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 62 699
16.5%
3
Cameroon
ZAR 62 689
16.6%
4
Kenya
ZAR 62 427
16.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 60 659
19.3%
6
Ghana
ZAR 57 978
22.8%
7
Zambia
ZAR 57 438
23.5%
8
Angola
ZAR 57 017
24.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 54 359
27.6%
10
Uganda
ZAR 54 127
28.0%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 53 337
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 75 120
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 71 364
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 71 364
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 69 111
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 69 110
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 66 857
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 65 242
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 59 751
20.5%
8
Egypt
ZAR 59 343
21.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 47 165
37.2%
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.