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 82 697
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 24 557
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 24 734
Net pay
* R 57 963
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
29.9%
70.1%
Net pay
29.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 57 963
Net pay
R 1 004
Tax the employer pays
R 24 734
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 25 738
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 004 to pay you R 82 697. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.9% tax rate now rises to 30.7%, 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 992 364 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 296 806. That means that your net pay will be R 695 558 per year, or R 57 963 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.9% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 88 500
R 89 000
R 89 500
R 90 000
R 90 500
R 91 000
R 91 500
R 92 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 776 640
21.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 704 921
29.0%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 725 068
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 703 787
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 695 558
29.9%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 684 896
31.0%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 677 246
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 674 426
32.0%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 655 635
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 642 088
35.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 626 414
36.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 616 035
37.9%
10
Zambia
ZAR 615 567
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 610 193
38.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 942 746
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 942 746
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 912 975
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 912 975
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 893 128
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 883 204
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 765 304
22.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 749 253
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 747 684
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 581 416
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.