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 888 684
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 384 787
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 384 964
Net pay
* R 503 720
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.3%
56.7%
Net pay
43.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 503 720
Net pay
R 9 064
Tax the employer pays
R 384 964
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 394 028
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 9 064 to pay you R 888 684. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.43 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.3% tax rate now rises to 43.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 10 664 208 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 619 566. That means that your net pay will be R 6 044 642 per year, or R 503 720 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.3% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 6 315 025
40.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 5 377 552
49.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 9 452 691
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 7 741 674
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 7 362 726
31.0%
3
Panama
ZAR 7 238 319
32.1%
4
Mexico
ZAR 7 018 721
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 6 996 996
34.4%
6
Uruguay
ZAR 6 969 276
34.7%
7
Argentina
ZAR 6 931 610
35.0%
8
Colombia
ZAR 6 930 222
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 6 838 517
35.9%
10
Peru
ZAR 6 673 971
37.4%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 6 329 607
40.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 10 472 905
1.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 10 404 547
2.4%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 10 396 545
2.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 10 130 998
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 10 130 998
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 9 811 071
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 8 003 136
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 8 001 567
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 6 214 395
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 5 773 696
45.9%
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.