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 733 920
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 315 143
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 315 320
Net pay
*
R 418 600
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.0%
57.0%
Net pay
43.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 418 600
Net pay
R 7 516
Tax the employer pays
R 315 320
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 322 836
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 7 516 to pay you R 733 920. 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 43% tax rate now rises to 43.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 8 807 040 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 783 840. That means that your net pay will be R 5 023 200 per year, or R 418 600 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.0% 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 5 303 403
39.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 4 514 519
48.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 7 803 647
11.4%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 7 369 055
16.3%
2
Singapore
ZAR 7 024 036
20.3%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 6 020 602
31.6%
4
Thailand
ZAR 5 973 306
32.2%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 805 213
34.1%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 5 754 178
34.7%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 5 738 880
34.8%
8
Philippines
ZAR 5 594 645
36.5%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 5 564 423
36.8%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 545 616
37.0%
11
China
ZAR 5 356 381
39.2%
12
Japan
ZAR 5 223 128
40.7%
13
South Korea
ZAR 5 146 716
41.6%
14
Australia
ZAR 5 014 430
43.1%
15
India
ZAR 4 367 625
50.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 808 947
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 395 227
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 6 116 102
30.6%
3
Panama
ZAR 5 998 659
31.9%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 5 841 306
33.7%
5
Mexico
ZAR 5 811 562
34.0%
6
Colombia
ZAR 5 797 394
34.2%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 796 337
34.2%
8
Argentina
ZAR 5 724 451
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 5 724 216
35.0%
10
Peru
ZAR 5 536 456
37.1%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 5 270 158
40.2%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 410 244
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 6 174 060
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 5 992 789
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 5 987 784
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 843 834
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 764 435
34.6%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 421 593
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 384 379
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 377 688
38.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 304 841
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 5 023 200
43.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 908 265
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 8 615 737
2.2%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 8 557 949
2.8%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 8 547 379
3.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 8 366 688
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 8 366 688
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 8 102 477
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 610 260
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 608 691
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 5 132 762
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 845 112
45.0%
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.