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 73 080
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 20 614
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 20 791
Net pay
* R 52 289
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
28.4%
71.6%
Net pay
28.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 52 289
Net pay
R 908
Tax the employer pays
R 20 791
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 21 699
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 908 to pay you R 73 080. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.97 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.4% tax rate now rises to 29.3%, 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 876 960 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 249 490. That means that your net pay will be R 627 470 per year, or R 52 289 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.5% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
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
R 80 500
R 81 000
R 81 500
R 82 000
R 82 500
R 83 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 691 744
21.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 625 859
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 787 210
10.2%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 758 799
13.5%
2
Thailand
ZAR 724 295
17.4%
3
South Korea
ZAR 705 867
19.5%
4
Kazakhstan
ZAR 705 619
19.5%
5
Australia
ZAR 687 083
21.7%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 672 905
23.3%
7
Singapore
ZAR 670 604
23.5%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 659 386
24.8%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 650 661
25.8%
10
Japan
ZAR 648 805
26.0%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 635 199
27.6%
12
Philippines
ZAR 624 955
28.7%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 599 626
31.6%
14
China
ZAR 576 345
34.3%
15
India
ZAR 539 853
38.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 790 183
9.9%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 731 405
16.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 730 398
16.7%
3
Chile
ZAR 723 692
17.5%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 696 560
20.6%
5
Panama
ZAR 693 185
21.0%
6
Colombia
ZAR 671 016
23.5%
7
Peru
ZAR 656 409
25.2%
8
Brazil
ZAR 645 919
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 640 244
27.0%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 598 136
31.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 569 899
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 641 111
26.9%
1
South Africa
ZAR 627 470
28.5%
2
Kenya
ZAR 623 004
29.0%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 609 884
30.5%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 598 748
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 598 086
31.8%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 581 498
33.7%
7
Morocco
ZAR 572 155
34.8%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 556 150
36.6%
9
Senegal
ZAR 546 793
37.7%
10
Uganda
ZAR 546 721
37.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 544 593
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 833 112
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 833 112
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 806 803
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 806 803
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 789 264
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 780 494
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 689 130
21.4%
7
Egypt
ZAR 662 700
24.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 661 131
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 514 204
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.