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 79 097
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 23 081
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 23 258
Net pay
* R 55 839
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 55 839
Net pay
R 968
Tax the employer pays
R 23 258
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 24 226
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 968 to pay you R 79 097. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.06 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.4% tax rate now rises to 30.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 949 164 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 279 094. That means that your net pay will be R 670 070 per year, or R 55 839 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 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
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R 87 000
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R 88 000
R 88 500
R 89 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 744 914
21.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 675 351
28.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 854 090
10.0%
1
Chile
ZAR 785 985
17.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 785 327
17.3%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 780 035
17.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 747 807
21.2%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 743 203
21.7%
6
Colombia
ZAR 716 696
24.5%
7
Peru
ZAR 707 389
25.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 698 267
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 687 339
27.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 641 981
32.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 616 831
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 901 706
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 901 706
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 873 231
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 873 231
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 854 248
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 844 756
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 738 370
22.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 716 853
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 715 284
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 556 256
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.