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 78 780
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 22 951
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 23 128
Net pay
* R 55 652
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
29.4%
70.6%
Net pay
29.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 55 652
Net pay
R 965
Tax the employer pays
R 23 128
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 24 093
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 965 to pay you R 78 780. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.06 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.4% tax rate now rises to 30.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 945 360 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 277 534. That means that your net pay will be R 667 826 per year, or R 55 652 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.4% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 78 500
R 79 000
R 79 500
R 80 000
R 80 500
R 81 000
R 81 500
R 82 000
R 82 500
R 83 000
R 83 500
R 84 000
R 84 500
R 85 000
R 85 500
R 86 000
R 86 500
R 87 000
R 87 500
R 88 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 742 121
21.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 672 789
28.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 843 860
10.7%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 812 458
14.1%
2
Thailand
ZAR 775 595
18.0%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 761 023
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 754 684
20.2%
5
Australia
ZAR 731 885
22.6%
6
Singapore
ZAR 720 654
23.8%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 717 782
24.1%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 705 829
25.3%
9
Japan
ZAR 697 327
26.2%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 695 121
26.5%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 679 797
28.1%
12
Philippines
ZAR 669 643
29.2%
13
China
ZAR 649 736
31.3%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 644 086
31.9%
15
India
ZAR 578 704
38.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 850 723
10.0%
1
Chile
ZAR 782 695
17.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 782 433
17.2%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 777 473
17.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 744 929
21.2%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 740 620
21.7%
6
Colombia
ZAR 714 343
24.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 704 726
25.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 695 509
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 684 858
27.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 639 671
32.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 614 359
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 690 872
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 670 884
29.0%
2
South Africa
ZAR 667 826
29.4%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 654 343
30.8%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 645 274
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 643 333
32.0%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 624 655
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 613 604
35.1%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 597 795
36.8%
9
Senegal
ZAR 587 833
37.8%
10
Zambia
ZAR 586 659
37.9%
11
Uganda
ZAR 584 341
38.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 898 092
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 898 092
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 869 731
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 869 731
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 850 824
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 841 370
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 735 869
22.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 714 000
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 712 431
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 554 041
41.4%
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.