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 88 669
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 27 005
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 27 182
Net pay
* R 61 487
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
30.7%
69.3%
Net pay
30.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 61 487
Net pay
R 1 064
Tax the employer pays
R 27 182
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 28 246
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 064 to pay you R 88 669. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.19 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.7% tax rate now rises to 31.5%, 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 1 064 028 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 326 188. That means that your net pay will be R 737 840 per year, or R 61 487 per month. Your average tax rate is 30.7% 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 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
R 97 500
R 98 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 822 606
22.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 754 450
29.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 955 754
10.2%
1
Chile
ZAR 880 988
17.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 871 869
18.1%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 857 396
19.4%
4
Panama
ZAR 829 814
22.0%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 826 357
22.3%
6
Colombia
ZAR 788 367
25.9%
7
Peru
ZAR 787 793
26.0%
8
Brazil
ZAR 781 544
26.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 774 179
27.2%
10
Mexico
ZAR 762 259
28.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 691 493
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 777 203
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 753 952
29.1%
2
South Africa
ZAR 737 840
30.7%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 731 478
31.3%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 725 992
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 721 832
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 704 533
33.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 685 516
35.6%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 670 046
37.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 659 640
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 659 033
38.1%
11
Uganda
ZAR 649 608
39.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 010 827
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 010 827
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 978 906
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 978 906
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 957 625
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 947 138
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 808 818
24.0%
7
Egypt
ZAR 803 001
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 801 432
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 623 154
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.