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 671 276
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 286 953
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 287 130
Net pay
*
R 384 146
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
42.8%
57.2%
Net pay
42.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 384 146
Net pay
R 6 890
Tax the employer pays
R 287 130
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 294 020
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 6 890 to pay you R 671 276. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.38 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42.8% tax rate now rises to 43.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 8 055 312 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 445 563. That means that your net pay will be R 4 609 749 per year, or R 384 146 per month. Your average tax rate is 42.8% 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 4 887 697
39.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 4 165 188
48.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 7 127 092
11.5%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 6 745 121
16.3%
2
Singapore
ZAR 6 437 688
20.1%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 5 512 434
31.6%
4
Thailand
ZAR 5 484 682
31.9%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 316 590
34.0%
6
Taiwan
ZAR 5 287 843
34.4%
7
Vietnam
ZAR 5 265 555
34.6%
8
Philippines
ZAR 5 127 947
36.3%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 5 105 869
36.6%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 096 433
36.7%
11
China
ZAR 4 942 931
38.6%
12
Japan
ZAR 4 818 000
40.2%
13
South Korea
ZAR 4 754 850
41.0%
14
Australia
ZAR 4 616 014
42.7%
15
India
ZAR 3 999 278
50.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 143 606
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 5 850 225
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 5 611 505
30.3%
3
Panama
ZAR 5 496 881
31.8%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 5 384 737
33.2%
5
Colombia
ZAR 5 338 852
33.7%
6
Mexico
ZAR 5 322 938
33.9%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 310 345
34.1%
8
Chile
ZAR 5 273 180
34.5%
9
Argentina
ZAR 5 235 827
35.0%
10
Peru
ZAR 5 076 023
37.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 4 841 323
39.9%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 5 863 362
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 5 647 850
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 5 481 463
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 5 474 861
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 346 566
33.6%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 275 812
34.5%
6
Zambia
ZAR 4 959 280
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 4 926 689
38.8%
8
Morocco
ZAR 4 922 150
38.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 4 853 804
39.7%
10
South Africa
ZAR 4 609 749
42.8%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 494 815
44.2%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 7 864 008
2.4%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 7 813 738
3.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 7 795 651
3.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 7 652 546
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 7 652 546
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 7 410 887
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 046 464
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 044 895
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 4 694 948
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 469 248
44.5%
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.