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 87 967
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 26 717
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 26 895
Net pay
* R 61 072
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
30.6%
69.4%
Net pay
30.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 61 072
Net pay
R 1 057
Tax the employer pays
R 26 895
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 27 951
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 057 to pay you R 87 967. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.18 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.6% tax rate now rises to 31.4%, 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 1 055 604 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 322 734. That means that your net pay will be R 732 870 per year, or R 61 072 per month. Your average tax rate is 30.6% 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 817 216
22.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 748 678
29.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 948 298
10.2%
1
Chile
ZAR 874 494
17.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 865 561
18.0%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 851 722
19.3%
4
Panama
ZAR 824 014
21.9%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 820 022
22.3%
6
Colombia
ZAR 782 871
25.8%
7
Peru
ZAR 781 897
25.9%
8
Brazil
ZAR 775 436
26.5%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 761 217
27.9%
10
Mexico
ZAR 756 764
28.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 686 017
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 771 075
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 748 055
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 732 870
30.6%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 726 002
31.2%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 720 262
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 716 259
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 698 785
33.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 680 411
35.5%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 664 917
37.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 654 459
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 653 979
38.1%
11
Uganda
ZAR 644 975
38.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 002 824
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 002 824
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 971 156
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 971 156
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 950 044
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 939 488
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 803 703
23.9%
7
Egypt
ZAR 796 683
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 795 114
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 618 248
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.