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 87 689
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 26 603
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 26 781
Net pay
* R 60 908
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 60 908
Net pay
R 1 054
Tax the employer pays
R 26 781
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 27 835
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 054 to pay you R 87 689. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.5% tax rate now rises to 31.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 052 268 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 321 366. That means that your net pay will be R 730 902 per year, or R 60 908 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 815 081
22.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 746 392
29.1%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 999 655
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 999 655
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 968 086
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 968 087
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 947 041
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 936 519
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 801 678
23.8%
7
Egypt
ZAR 794 181
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 792 612
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 616 305
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.