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 723 012
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 310 234
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 310 411
Net pay
*
R 412 601
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
42.9%
57.1%
Net pay
42.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 412 601
Net pay
R 7 407
Tax the employer pays
R 310 411
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 317 819
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 7 407 to pay you R 723 012. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.40 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42.9% tax rate now rises to 43.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 8 676 144 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 724 937. That means that your net pay will be R 4 951 207 per year, or R 412 601 per month. Your average tax rate is 42.9% 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 5 231 017
39.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 4 453 691
48.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 7 685 841
11.4%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 7 260 411
16.3%
2
Singapore
ZAR 6 921 937
20.2%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 5 932 117
31.6%
4
Thailand
ZAR 5 888 223
32.1%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 720 130
34.1%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 5 669 096
34.7%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 5 660 343
34.8%
8
Philippines
ZAR 5 513 381
36.5%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 5 484 577
36.8%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 467 401
37.0%
11
China
ZAR 5 284 389
39.1%
12
Japan
ZAR 5 152 584
40.6%
13
South Korea
ZAR 5 078 481
41.5%
14
Australia
ZAR 4 945 055
43.0%
15
India
ZAR 4 303 486
50.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 693 093
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 300 328
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 6 028 238
30.5%
3
Panama
ZAR 5 911 286
31.9%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 5 761 805
33.6%
5
Mexico
ZAR 5 726 479
34.0%
6
Colombia
ZAR 5 717 550
34.1%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 711 712
34.2%
8
Chile
ZAR 5 645 679
34.9%
9
Argentina
ZAR 5 639 368
35.0%
10
Peru
ZAR 5 456 282
37.1%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 5 195 486
40.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 315 018
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 6 082 433
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 5 903 753
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 5 898 470
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 757 247
33.6%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 679 353
34.5%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 341 092
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 304 683
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 298 367
38.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 226 303
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 4 951 207
42.9%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 836 272
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 8 484 840
2.2%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 8 428 362
2.9%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 8 416 483
3.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 8 242 337
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 8 242 337
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 7 982 052
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 512 088
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 510 519
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 5 056 527
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 779 664
44.9%
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.