Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 7 710
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 25.20
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 77.10
Total tax
- R 102
Net pay
* R 7 608
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 7 608
Net pay
R 154
Tax the employer pays
R 102
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 257
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 154 to pay you R 7 710. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.3% tax rate now rises to 3.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 92 520 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 228. That means that your net pay will be R 91 292 per year, or R 7 608 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 3.63, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 96.37.
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 84 507
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 75 334
18.6%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 91 292
1.3%
1
Morocco
ZAR 83 024
10.3%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 76 154
17.7%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 75 471
18.4%
4
Kenya
ZAR 74 484
19.5%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 74 057
20.0%
6
Ghana
ZAR 70 310
24.0%
7
Angola
ZAR 69 844
24.5%
8
Zambia
ZAR 67 269
27.3%
9
Senegal
ZAR 65 565
29.1%
10
Uganda
ZAR 65 437
29.3%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 65 172
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 87 894
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 87 894
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 85 126
8.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 85 118
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 85 119
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 82 343
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 80 354
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 72 899
21.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 72 801
21.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 57 299
38.1%
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.