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 66 973
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 18 133
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 18 310
Net pay
* R 48 663
Marginal tax rate
39.0%
Average tax rate
27.3%
72.7%
Net pay
27.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 48 663
Net pay
R 847
Tax the employer pays
R 18 310
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 19 157
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 847 to pay you R 66 973. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.86 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.3% tax rate now rises to 28.2%, 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 803 676 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 219 722. That means that your net pay will be R 583 954 per year, or R 48 663 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.3% 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 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
R 72 500
R 73 000
R 73 500
R 74 000
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R 75 000
R 75 500
R 76 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 637 522
20.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 576 000
28.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 725 321
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 681 036
15.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 674 647
16.1%
3
Chile
ZAR 660 675
17.8%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 652 217
18.9%
5
Panama
ZAR 637 745
20.7%
6
Colombia
ZAR 622 243
22.6%
7
Peru
ZAR 603 504
24.9%
8
Brazil
ZAR 592 788
26.2%
9
Mexico
ZAR 591 298
26.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 553 635
31.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 522 264
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 763 492
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 763 492
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 739 382
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 739 382
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 723 308
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 715 272
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 637 538
20.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 607 737
24.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 606 168
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 471 523
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.