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 712 542 794
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 320 629 136
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 320 629 313
Net pay
*
R 391 913 481
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 391 913 481
Net pay
R 7 125 605
Tax the employer pays
R 320 629 313
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 327 754 918
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 7 125 605 to pay you R 712 542 794. 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 8 550 513 528 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 847 551 760. That means that your net pay will be R 4 702 961 768 per year, or R 391 913 481 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 4 558 056 553
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 3 973 879 691
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 7 695 339 486
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 7 096 985 440
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 6 669 555 097
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 5 780 214 128
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 5 557 863 476
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 557 914 430
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 5 558 082 523
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 5 308 570 541
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 5 216 005 381
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 5 130 762 773
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 045 068 180
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 4 703 294 950
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 4 608 590 912
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 4 532 118 868
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 4 457 826 249
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 987 845 681
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 567 911 067
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 199 132 431
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 5 739 736 582
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 5 707 587 740
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 5 557 920 779
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 5 557 833 668
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 528 009 581
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 5 237 331 680
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 5 216 033 565
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 5 193 732 159
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 5 130 748 109
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 4 878 014 750
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 220 501 714
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 5 985 368 602
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 5 834 207 663
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 5 816 061 542
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 656 182 676
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 557 873 653
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 258 571 083
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 206 002 374
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 181 549 319
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 130 328 733
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 4 702 961 768
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 702 846 833
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 8 550 253 867
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 8 550 322 225
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 8 464 847 372
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 8 122 987 852
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 8 122 987 852
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 7 866 472 446
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 412 890 126
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 412 888 557
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 4 979 908 038
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 275 698 356
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.