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 78 845
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 22 977
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 23 154
Net pay
* R 55 691
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 55 691
Net pay
R 966
Tax the employer pays
R 23 154
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 24 120
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 966 to pay you R 78 845. 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 946 140 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 277 854. That means that your net pay will be R 668 286 per year, or R 55 691 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
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R 80 500
R 81 000
R 81 500
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R 83 500
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R 87 500
R 88 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 742 694
21.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 673 314
28.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 851 413
10.0%
1
Chile
ZAR 783 369
17.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 783 027
17.2%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 777 998
17.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 745 519
21.2%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 741 150
21.7%
6
Colombia
ZAR 714 826
24.5%
7
Peru
ZAR 705 272
25.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 696 075
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 685 366
27.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 640 144
32.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 614 866
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 691 440
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 671 430
29.0%
2
South Africa
ZAR 668 286
29.4%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 654 850
30.8%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 645 804
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 643 849
32.0%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 625 153
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 614 077
35.1%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 598 270
36.8%
9
Senegal
ZAR 588 301
37.8%
10
Zambia
ZAR 587 139
37.9%
11
Uganda
ZAR 584 770
38.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 898 833
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 898 833
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 870 449
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 870 449
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 851 526
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 842 065
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 736 382
22.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 714 585
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 713 016
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 554 495
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.