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 85 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 25 501
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 25 678
Net pay
* R 59 322
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
30.2%
69.8%
Net pay
30.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 59 322
Net pay
R 1 027
Tax the employer pays
R 25 678
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 26 705
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 027 to pay you R 85 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.14 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.2% tax rate now rises to 31.0%, 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 1 020 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 308 136. That means that your net pay will be R 711 864 per year, or R 59 322 per month. Your average tax rate is 30.2% 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 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
R 92 500
R 93 000
R 93 500
R 94 000
R 94 500
R 95 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
ZAR 887 400
13.0%
1
Switzerland
ZAR 851 099
16.6%
2
Hungary
ZAR 831 300
18.5%
3
Ukraine
ZAR 821 100
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
ZAR 778 133
23.7%
5
United Kingdom
ZAR 777 701
23.8%
6
France
ZAR 762 323
25.3%
7
Norway
ZAR 748 896
26.6%
8
Ireland
ZAR 745 516
26.9%
9
Spain
ZAR 720 725
29.3%
10
Denmark
ZAR 685 679
32.8%
11
Luxembourg
ZAR 682 714
33.1%
12
Sweden
ZAR 682 284
33.1%
13
Austria
ZAR 680 122
33.3%
14
Greece
ZAR 646 021
36.7%
15
Netherlands
ZAR 641 892
37.1%
16
Poland
ZAR 636 817
37.6%
17
Germany
ZAR 625 943
38.6%
18
Romania
ZAR 596 700
41.5%
19
Finland
ZAR 594 683
41.7%
20
Italy
ZAR 585 803
42.6%
21
Portugal
ZAR 563 477
44.8%
22
Belgium
ZAR 481 085
52.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 794 433
22.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 724 132
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 905 812
11.2%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 871 012
14.6%
2
Thailand
ZAR 831 575
18.5%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 821 481
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 807 954
20.8%
5
Singapore
ZAR 784 607
23.1%
6
Australia
ZAR 780 774
23.5%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 766 753
24.8%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 756 510
25.8%
9
Japan
ZAR 751 836
26.3%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 743 637
27.1%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 728 477
28.6%
12
China
ZAR 720 000
29.4%
13
Philippines
ZAR 718 407
29.6%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 692 602
32.1%
15
India
ZAR 621 100
39.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 916 785
10.1%
1
Chile
ZAR 847 048
17.0%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 838 903
17.8%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 827 743
18.9%
4
Panama
ZAR 799 501
21.6%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 793 243
22.2%
6
Colombia
ZAR 760 369
25.5%
7
Peru
ZAR 756 974
25.8%
8
Brazil
ZAR 749 623
26.5%
9
Mexico
ZAR 733 542
28.1%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 706 436
30.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 662 875
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 745 173
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 723 132
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 711 864
30.2%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 702 860
31.1%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 696 044
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 692 707
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 674 491
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 658 835
35.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 643 240
36.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 632 617
38.0%
10
Zambia
ZAR 632 563
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 625 393
38.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 969 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 969 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 938 400
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 938 400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 918 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 907 800
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 782 084
23.3%
7
Egypt
ZAR 769 980
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 768 411
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 597 512
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.