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 6 920
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4.46
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 69.20
Total tax
- R 73.66
Net pay
* R 6 846
Marginal tax rate
3.6%
Average tax rate
1.1%
98.9%
Net pay
1.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 6 846
Net pay
R 138
Tax the employer pays
R 73.66
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 212
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 138 to pay you R 6 920. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.31 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.1% tax rate now rises to 3.0%, 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 83 040 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 884. That means that your net pay will be R 82 156 per year, or R 6 846 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.1% and your marginal tax rate is 3.6%. 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 3.63, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 96.37.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 964 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 819 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 83 040
0.0%
1
Germany
ZAR 83 040
0.0%
2
Austria
ZAR 83 040
0.0%
3
Ireland
ZAR 83 040
0.0%
4
Norway
ZAR 83 040
0.0%
5
Spain
ZAR 77 767
6.4%
6
Switzerland
ZAR 76 902
7.4%
7
Italy
ZAR 75 409
9.2%
8
France
ZAR 74 985
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
ZAR 73 906
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
ZAR 73 864
11.1%
11
Russia
ZAR 72 245
13.0%
12
Sweden
ZAR 67 960
18.2%
13
Hungary
ZAR 67 678
18.5%
14
Ukraine
ZAR 66 847
19.5%
15
Poland
ZAR 65 206
21.5%
16
Greece
ZAR 64 896
21.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 61 823
25.6%
18
Finland
ZAR 57 505
30.8%
19
Belgium
ZAR 56 467
32.0%
20
Denmark
ZAR 54 775
34.0%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 52 251
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 48 578
41.5%
23
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 82 156
1.1%
1
Morocco
ZAR 75 153
9.5%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 68 958
17.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 68 601
17.4%
4
Kenya
ZAR 67 886
18.3%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 66 757
19.6%
6
Ghana
ZAR 63 591
23.4%
7
Angola
ZAR 62 855
24.3%
8
Zambia
ZAR 61 913
25.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 59 460
28.4%
10
Uganda
ZAR 59 275
28.6%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 58 724
29.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 82 151
1.1%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 78 888
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 78 888
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 76 397
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 76 397
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 73 905
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 72 120
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 65 691
20.9%
8
Egypt
ZAR 65 552
21.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 51 778
37.7%
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.