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 80 466
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 23 642
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 23 819
Net pay
* R 56 647
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
29.6%
70.4%
Net pay
29.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 56 647
Net pay
R 982
Tax the employer pays
R 23 819
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 24 801
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 982 to pay you R 80 466. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.08 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.6% tax rate now rises to 30.5%, 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 965 592 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 285 829. That means that your net pay will be R 679 763 per year, or R 56 647 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.6% 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 80 500
R 81 000
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R 82 500
R 83 000
R 83 500
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R 89 500
R 90 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 756 979
21.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 686 415
28.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 860 653
10.9%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 828 330
14.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 790 769
18.1%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 777 411
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 769 124
20.4%
5
Australia
ZAR 745 137
22.8%
6
Singapore
ZAR 737 819
23.6%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 731 056
24.3%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 719 567
25.5%
9
Japan
ZAR 712 352
26.2%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 708 272
26.7%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 693 065
28.2%
12
Philippines
ZAR 682 861
29.3%
13
China
ZAR 675 096
30.1%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 657 237
31.9%
15
India
ZAR 590 196
38.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 868 630
10.0%
1
Chile
ZAR 800 195
17.1%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 797 825
17.4%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 791 099
18.1%
4
Panama
ZAR 760 235
21.3%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 754 360
21.9%
6
Colombia
ZAR 726 858
24.7%
7
Peru
ZAR 718 888
25.6%
8
Brazil
ZAR 710 178
26.5%
9
Mexico
ZAR 698 054
27.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 651 956
32.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 627 509
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 705 591
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 685 046
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 679 763
29.6%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 667 494
30.9%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 659 036
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 656 716
32.0%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 637 594
34.0%
7
Morocco
ZAR 625 865
35.2%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 610 113
36.8%
9
Senegal
ZAR 599 972
37.9%
10
Zambia
ZAR 599 102
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 595 469
38.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 917 312
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 917 312
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 888 345
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 888 344
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 869 033
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 859 377
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 749 048
22.4%
7
Egypt
ZAR 729 174
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 727 605
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 565 824
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.