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 658 089 293
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 296 125 061
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 296 125 238
Net pay
*
R 361 964 055
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 361 964 055
Net pay
R 6 581 070
Tax the employer pays
R 296 125 238
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 302 706 308
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 6 581 070 to pay you R 658 089 293. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 7 897 071 516 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 553 502 855. That means that your net pay will be R 4 343 568 661 per year, or R 361 964 055 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 4 209 771 961
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 3 670 222 574
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 7 107 241 676
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 6 554 628 570
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 6 159 870 327
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 5 338 487 332
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 5 133 126 162
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 133 177 122
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 5 133 345 215
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 4 902 891 975
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 4 817 405 754
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 4 738 697 566
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 4 659 543 928
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 4 343 901 843
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 4 256 432 486
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 4 185 794 602
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 4 117 195 500
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 912 653 985
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 6 989 561 957
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 5 725 386 972
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 5 301 113 632
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 5 271 415 197
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 5 133 183 471
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 5 133 096 360
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 105 559 320
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 4 837 098 448
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 4 817 449 604
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 4 796 857 618
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 4 738 682 902
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 4 505 248 952
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 5 745 122 651
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 5 527 959 193
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 5 388 347 842
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 5 371 590 285
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 223 930 785
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 133 136 345
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 4 856 704 245
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 4 808 154 205
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 4 785 571 301
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 4 738 263 526
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 4 343 568 661
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 343 453 727
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 7 896 811 855
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 7 896 880 213
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 7 817 939 780
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 7 502 217 940
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 7 502 217 940
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 7 265 305 795
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 5 922 808 617
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 5 922 807 048
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 4 599 336 875
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 3 948 977 350
50.0%
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.