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 7 625
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 22.97
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 76.25
Total tax
- R 99.22
Net pay
* R 7 526
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 7 526
Net pay
R 153
Tax the employer pays
R 99.22
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 252
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 153 to pay you R 7 625. 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 91 500 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 191. That means that your net pay will be R 90 309 per year, or R 7 526 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
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 83 575
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 74 626
18.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 91 500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 91 500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
ZAR 88 633
3.1%
3
Thailand
ZAR 86 565
5.4%
4
Philippines
ZAR 85 587
6.5%
5
Singapore
ZAR 85 317
6.8%
6
Taiwan
ZAR 83 401
8.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 82 185
10.2%
8
South Korea
ZAR 81 179
11.3%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 80 679
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 80 621
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 80 520
12.0%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 75 808
17.2%
13
Japan
ZAR 74 352
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 72 468
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 68 785
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
ZAR 90 005
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 84 226
8.0%
2
Brazil
ZAR 82 949
9.4%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 82 853
9.5%
4
Guatemala
ZAR 82 727
9.6%
5
Mexico
ZAR 82 262
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 81 892
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 81 435
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 80 062
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 75 396
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 73 108
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 59 418
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 90 309
1.3%
1
Morocco
ZAR 82 188
10.2%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 75 401
17.6%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 74 732
18.3%
4
Kenya
ZAR 73 770
19.4%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 73 272
19.9%
6
Ghana
ZAR 69 587
24.0%
7
Angola
ZAR 69 092
24.5%
8
Zambia
ZAR 66 693
27.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 64 908
29.1%
10
Uganda
ZAR 64 774
29.2%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 64 478
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 86 925
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 86 925
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 84 806
7.3%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 84 180
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 84 180
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 81 435
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 79 468
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 72 109
21.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 72 036
21.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 56 705
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.