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 860 071
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 371 911
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 372 088
Net pay
* R 487 983
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.3%
56.7%
Net pay
43.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 487 983
Net pay
R 8 778
Tax the employer pays
R 372 088
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 380 866
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 8 778 to pay you R 860 071. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.43 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.3% tax rate now rises to 43.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 10 320 852 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 465 056. That means that your net pay will be R 5 855 796 per year, or R 487 983 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.3% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 6 128 387
40.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 5 217 994
49.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 9 166 078
11.2%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 8 625 519
16.4%
2
Singapore
ZAR 8 204 809
20.5%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 7 043 939
31.8%
4
Thailand
ZAR 6 957 283
32.6%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 6 789 191
34.2%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 6 738 156
34.7%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 6 647 167
35.6%
8
Philippines
ZAR 6 534 470
36.7%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 6 487 849
37.1%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 6 439 893
37.6%
11
China
ZAR 6 188 978
40.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 6 038 964
41.5%
13
South Korea
ZAR 5 935 846
42.5%
14
Australia
ZAR 5 816 750
43.6%
15
India
ZAR 5 109 392
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 9 148 793
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 7 492 741
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 7 132 248
30.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 7 009 128
32.1%
4
Mexico
ZAR 6 795 539
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 6 775 016
34.4%
6
Uruguay
ZAR 6 760 735
34.5%
7
Colombia
ZAR 6 720 783
34.9%
8
Argentina
ZAR 6 708 428
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 6 632 504
35.7%
10
Peru
ZAR 6 463 666
37.4%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 6 133 735
40.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 10 129 549
1.9%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 10 061 191
2.5%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 10 056 622
2.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 9 804 809
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 9 804 809
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 9 495 184
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 7 745 619
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 7 744 050
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 6 014 421
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 5 602 018
45.7%
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.