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 740 686
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 318 188
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 318 365
Net pay
* R 422 321
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 422 321
Net pay
R 7 584
Tax the employer pays
R 318 365
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 325 949
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 7 584 to pay you R 740 686. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.40 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43% tax rate now rises to 43.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 8 888 232 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 820 377. That means that your net pay will be R 5 067 855 per year, or R 422 321 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.
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Tax per income
R 190 500
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 5 348 302
39.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 4 552 249
48.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 880 808
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 454 092
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 6 170 602
30.6%
3
Panama
ZAR 6 052 855
31.9%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 5 890 619
33.7%
5
Mexico
ZAR 5 864 336
34.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 848 827
34.2%
7
Colombia
ZAR 5 846 919
34.2%
8
Argentina
ZAR 5 777 225
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 5 772 932
35.1%
10
Peru
ZAR 5 586 186
37.2%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 5 316 475
40.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 469 312
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 6 230 894
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 6 048 015
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 6 043 183
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 897 543
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 817 210
34.6%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 471 526
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 433 813
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 426 889
38.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 353 556
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 5 067 855
43.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 952 921
44.3%
12
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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.