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 87 266
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 26 430
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 26 607
Net pay
* R 60 659
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
30.5%
69.5%
Net pay
30.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 60 659
Net pay
R 1 050
Tax the employer pays
R 26 607
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 27 657
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 050 to pay you R 87 266. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.5% tax rate now rises to 31.3%, 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 1 047 192 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 319 285. That means that your net pay will be R 727 907 per year, or R 60 659 per month. Your average tax rate is 30.5% 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 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
R 95 500
R 96 000
R 96 500
R 97 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 811 833
22.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 742 914
29.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 940 853
10.2%
1
Chile
ZAR 868 010
17.1%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 859 263
18.0%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 846 057
19.2%
4
Panama
ZAR 818 222
21.9%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 813 695
22.3%
6
Colombia
ZAR 777 384
25.8%
7
Peru
ZAR 776 008
25.9%
8
Brazil
ZAR 769 338
26.5%
9
Mexico
ZAR 751 278
28.3%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 748 274
28.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 680 549
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 764 955
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 742 166
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 727 907
30.5%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 720 534
31.2%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 714 540
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 710 695
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 693 045
33.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 675 313
35.5%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 659 796
37.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 649 286
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 648 932
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 640 349
38.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 994 832
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 994 832
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 963 417
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 963 417
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 942 473
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 932 001
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 798 596
23.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 790 374
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 788 805
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 613 349
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.