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 68 374
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 18 695
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 18 872
Net pay
* R 49 502
Marginal tax rate
40.8%
Average tax rate
27.6%
72.4%
Net pay
27.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 49 502
Net pay
R 861
Tax the employer pays
R 18 872
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 19 733
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 861 to pay you R 68 374. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.89 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.6% tax rate now rises to 28.5%, 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 820 488 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 226 462. That means that your net pay will be R 594 026 per year, or R 49 502 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.6% and your marginal tax rate is 40.8%. 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 40.75, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.25.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 593 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 963 of net incomes.
Tax per income
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
R 74 500
R 75 000
R 75 500
R 76 000
R 76 500
R 77 000
R 77 500
R 78 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 649 961
20.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 587 063
28.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 740 201
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 693 371
15.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 687 437
16.2%
3
Chile
ZAR 675 131
17.7%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 663 358
19.2%
5
Panama
ZAR 650 464
20.7%
6
Colombia
ZAR 633 484
22.8%
7
Peru
ZAR 615 713
25.0%
8
Brazil
ZAR 604 977
26.3%
9
Mexico
ZAR 602 537
26.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 563 844
31.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 533 192
35.0%
12
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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.