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 7 521
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 20.24
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 75.21
Total tax
- R 95.45
Net pay
* R 7 426
Marginal tax rate
3.6%
Average tax rate
1.3%
98.7%
Net pay
1.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 7 426
Net pay
R 150
Tax the employer pays
R 95.45
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 246
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 150 to pay you R 7 521. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.3% tax rate now rises to 3.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 90 252 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 145. That means that your net pay will be R 89 107 per year, or R 7 426 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.3% and your marginal tax rate is 3.6%. 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 3.62, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 96.38.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 964 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 819 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 7 500
R 8 000
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R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
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R 16 500
R 17 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 82 435
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 73 759
18.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 90 252
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 90 252
0.0%
2
Pakistan
ZAR 87 541
3.0%
3
Thailand
ZAR 85 421
5.4%
4
Singapore
ZAR 84 802
6.0%
5
Philippines
ZAR 84 589
6.3%
6
Taiwan
ZAR 82 264
8.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 81 156
10.1%
8
South Korea
ZAR 80 089
11.3%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 79 573
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 79 521
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 79 422
12.0%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 74 835
17.1%
13
Japan
ZAR 73 338
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 71 480
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 67 847
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
ZAR 88 857
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 83 077
8.0%
2
Brazil
ZAR 81 909
9.2%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 81 723
9.5%
4
Guatemala
ZAR 81 598
9.6%
5
Mexico
ZAR 81 184
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 80 776
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 80 324
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 78 971
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 74 368
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 72 111
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 58 629
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 89 107
1.3%
1
Morocco
ZAR 81 165
10.1%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 74 478
17.5%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 73 827
18.2%
4
Kenya
ZAR 72 896
19.2%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 72 311
19.9%
6
Ghana
ZAR 68 703
23.9%
7
Angola
ZAR 68 172
24.5%
8
Zambia
ZAR 65 988
26.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 64 104
29.0%
10
Uganda
ZAR 63 963
29.1%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 63 629
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 85 739
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 85 739
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 84 414
6.5%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 83 032
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 83 032
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 80 325
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 78 384
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 71 141
21.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 71 100
21.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 55 979
38.0%
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.