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 70 005
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 19 359
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 19 536
Net pay
* R 50 469
Marginal tax rate
40.7%
Average tax rate
27.9%
72.1%
Net pay
27.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 50 469
Net pay
R 877
Tax the employer pays
R 19 536
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 20 414
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 877 to pay you R 70 005. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.92 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.9% tax rate now rises to 28.8%, 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 840 060 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 234 437. That means that your net pay will be R 605 623 per year, or R 50 469 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.9% and your marginal tax rate is 40.7%. 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 40.74, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.26.
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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 78 500
R 79 000
R 79 500
R 80 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 664 442
20.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 599 943
28.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 757 524
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 706 553
15.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 702 326
16.4%
3
Chile
ZAR 691 959
17.6%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 674 865
19.7%
5
Panama
ZAR 665 270
20.8%
6
Colombia
ZAR 646 528
23.0%
7
Peru
ZAR 629 928
25.0%
8
Brazil
ZAR 619 167
26.3%
9
Mexico
ZAR 615 620
26.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 575 728
31.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 545 914
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 798 057
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 798 057
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 772 855
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 772 855
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 756 054
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 747 654
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 663 152
21.1%
7
Egypt
ZAR 635 025
24.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 633 456
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 492 713
41.4%
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.