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 87 540
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 26 542
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 26 719
Net pay
* R 60 821
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 60 821
Net pay
R 1 053
Tax the employer pays
R 26 719
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 27 772
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 053 to pay you R 87 540. 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 1 050 480 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 320 633. That means that your net pay will be R 729 847 per year, or R 60 821 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 813 937
22.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 745 167
29.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 931 110
11.4%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 894 924
14.8%
2
Thailand
ZAR 853 713
18.7%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 846 170
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 829 708
21.0%
5
Singapore
ZAR 812 954
22.6%
6
Australia
ZAR 800 739
23.8%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 786 751
25.1%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 777 143
26.0%
9
Japan
ZAR 773 941
26.3%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 763 449
27.3%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 748 243
28.8%
12
China
ZAR 742 860
29.3%
13
Philippines
ZAR 738 321
29.7%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 712 414
32.2%
15
India
ZAR 634 120
39.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 943 763
10.2%
1
Chile
ZAR 870 544
17.1%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 861 725
18.0%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 848 271
19.3%
4
Panama
ZAR 820 486
21.9%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 816 168
22.3%
6
Colombia
ZAR 779 529
25.8%
7
Peru
ZAR 778 310
25.9%
8
Brazil
ZAR 771 721
26.5%
9
Mexico
ZAR 753 422
28.3%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 753 333
28.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 682 687
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 767 347
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 744 468
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 729 847
30.5%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 722 671
31.2%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 716 777
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 712 870
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 695 289
33.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 677 306
35.5%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 661 798
37.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 651 308
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 650 905
38.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 642 157
38.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 997 956
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 997 956
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 966 442
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 966 442
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 945 432
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 934 927
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 800 592
23.8%
7
Egypt
ZAR 792 840
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 791 271
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 615 264
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.