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 87 533
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 26 539
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 26 717
Net pay
* R 60 816
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 60 816
Net pay
R 1 052
Tax the employer pays
R 26 717
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 27 769
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 052 to pay you R 87 533. 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 1 050 396 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 320 599. That means that your net pay will be R 729 797 per year, or R 60 816 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 813 883
22.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 745 109
29.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 767 286
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 744 409
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 729 797
30.5%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 722 617
31.2%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 716 719
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 712 814
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 695 231
33.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 677 255
35.5%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 661 746
37.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 651 257
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 650 854
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 642 111
38.9%
12
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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.