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 7 579
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 21.76
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 75.79
Total tax
- R 97.55
Net pay
* R 7 481
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 7 481
Net pay
R 152
Tax the employer pays
R 97.55
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 249
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 152 to pay you R 7 579. 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 90 948 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 171. That means that your net pay will be R 89 777 per year, or R 7 481 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 83 071
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 74 243
18.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
ZAR 89 497
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 83 718
8.0%
2
Brazil
ZAR 82 489
9.3%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 82 353
9.5%
4
Guatemala
ZAR 82 227
9.6%
5
Mexico
ZAR 81 785
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 81 398
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 80 944
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 79 579
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 74 941
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 72 667
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 59 069
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 89 777
1.3%
1
Morocco
ZAR 81 736
10.1%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 74 993
17.5%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 74 332
18.3%
4
Kenya
ZAR 73 383
19.3%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 72 847
19.9%
6
Ghana
ZAR 69 196
23.9%
7
Angola
ZAR 68 685
24.5%
8
Zambia
ZAR 66 381
27.0%
9
Senegal
ZAR 64 552
29.0%
10
Uganda
ZAR 64 415
29.2%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 64 103
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 86 401
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 86 401
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 84 633
6.9%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 83 672
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 83 672
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 80 944
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 78 988
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 71 681
21.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 71 622
21.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 56 384
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.