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 8 125
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 93.75
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 81.25
Total tax
- R 175
Net pay
* R 7 950
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
2.2%
97.8%
Net pay
2.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 7 950
Net pay
R 163
Tax the employer pays
R 175
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 338
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 163 to pay you R 8 125. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.42 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.2% tax rate now rises to 4.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 97 500 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 2 100. That means that your net pay will be R 95 400 per year, or R 7 950 per month. Your average tax rate is 2.2% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 89 056
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 78 793
19.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 97 500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 97 500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
ZAR 93 883
3.7%
3
Thailand
ZAR 92 080
5.6%
4
Philippines
ZAR 90 321
7.4%
5
Taiwan
ZAR 88 870
8.9%
6
Singapore
ZAR 87 716
10.0%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 87 132
10.6%
8
South Korea
ZAR 86 418
11.4%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 85 999
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 85 907
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 85 800
12.0%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 80 483
17.5%
13
Japan
ZAR 79 227
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 77 220
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 73 296
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
ZAR 93 292
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 89 749
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 88 286
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 88 151
9.6%
4
Brazil
ZAR 87 914
9.8%
5
Mexico
ZAR 87 448
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 87 263
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 86 775
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 85 312
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 80 340
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 77 902
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 63 250
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 95 400
2.2%
1
Morocco
ZAR 87 105
10.7%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 79 835
18.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 79 080
18.9%
4
Kenya
ZAR 77 970
20.0%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 77 892
20.1%
6
Ghana
ZAR 73 840
24.3%
7
Angola
ZAR 73 513
24.6%
8
Zambia
ZAR 70 083
28.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 68 772
29.5%
10
Uganda
ZAR 68 674
29.6%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 68 560
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 92 625
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 92 625
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 89 700
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 89 700
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 87 750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 86 775
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 84 679
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 76 759
21.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 76 536
21.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 60 200
38.3%
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.