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 711 244 803
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 320 045 040
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 320 045 217
Net pay
*
R 391 199 586
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 391 199 586
Net pay
R 7 112 625
Tax the employer pays
R 320 045 217
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 327 157 843
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 7 112 625 to pay you R 711 244 803. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 8 534 937 636 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 840 542 609. That means that your net pay will be R 4 694 395 027 per year, or R 391 199 586 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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 4 549 754 603
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 3 966 641 512
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 7 681 321 184
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 7 084 057 450
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 6 657 405 901
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 5 769 684 825
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 5 547 739 146
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 547 790 100
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 5 547 958 193
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 5 298 900 509
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 5 206 504 087
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 5 121 417 238
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 035 878 560
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 4 694 728 209
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 4 600 196 622
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 4 523 863 646
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 4 449 706 740
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 986 053 360
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 554 125 141
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 187 839 910
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 5 729 281 265
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 5 697 190 832
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 5 547 796 449
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 5 547 709 338
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 517 939 767
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 5 227 791 446
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 5 206 532 644
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 5 184 271 985
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 5 121 402 574
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 4 869 129 248
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 209 170 253
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 5 974 465 477
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 5 823 579 842
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 5 805 466 820
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 645 879 224
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 547 749 323
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 248 991 909
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 196 518 992
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 172 110 516
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 120 983 198
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 4 694 395 027
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 694 280 093
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 8 534 677 975
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 8 534 746 332
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 8 449 427 239
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 8 108 190 754
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 8 108 190 754
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 7 852 142 625
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 401 208 207
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 401 206 638
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 4 970 836 482
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 267 910 410
50.0%
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.