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 85 385
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 25 659
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 25 836
Net pay
* R 59 549
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
30.3%
69.7%
Net pay
30.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 59 549
Net pay
R 1 031
Tax the employer pays
R 25 836
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 26 867
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 031 to pay you R 85 385. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.15 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.3% tax rate now rises to 31.1%, 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 1 024 620 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 310 031. That means that your net pay will be R 714 589 per year, or R 59 549 per month. Your average tax rate is 30.3% 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 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 797 389
22.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 727 344
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 909 646
11.2%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 874 637
14.6%
2
Thailand
ZAR 835 040
18.5%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 825 223
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 811 252
20.8%
5
Singapore
ZAR 788 904
23.0%
6
Australia
ZAR 783 800
23.5%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 769 785
24.9%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 759 644
25.9%
9
Japan
ZAR 755 187
26.3%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 746 640
27.1%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 731 473
28.6%
12
China
ZAR 723 465
29.4%
13
Philippines
ZAR 721 426
29.6%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 695 605
32.1%
15
India
ZAR 623 724
39.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 920 875
10.1%
1
Chile
ZAR 850 610
17.0%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 842 362
17.8%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 830 854
18.9%
4
Panama
ZAR 802 681
21.7%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 796 718
22.2%
6
Colombia
ZAR 763 207
25.5%
7
Peru
ZAR 760 208
25.8%
8
Brazil
ZAR 752 973
26.5%
9
Mexico
ZAR 736 555
28.1%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 713 544
30.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 665 878
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 748 534
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 726 366
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 714 589
30.3%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 705 863
31.1%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 699 187
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 695 763
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 677 644
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 661 635
35.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 646 053
37.0%
9
Senegal
ZAR 635 389
38.0%
10
Zambia
ZAR 635 404
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 627 934
38.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 973 389
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 973 389
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 942 650
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 942 650
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 922 158
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 911 912
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 784 890
23.4%
7
Egypt
ZAR 773 445
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 771 876
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 600 203
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.