Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 8 911
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 235
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 89.11
Total tax
- R 324
Net pay
* R 8 587
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
3.6%
96.4%
Net pay
3.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 8 587
Net pay
R 178
Tax the employer pays
R 324
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 503
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 178 to pay you R 8 911. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.56 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.6% tax rate now rises to 5.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 106 932 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 892. That means that your net pay will be R 103 040 per year, or R 8 587 per month. Your average tax rate is 3.6% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 97 671
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 85 343
20.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 103 040
3.6%
1
Morocco
ZAR 94 325
11.8%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 86 396
19.2%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 85 914
19.7%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 85 154
20.4%
5
Kenya
ZAR 84 501
21.0%
6
Ghana
ZAR 80 525
24.7%
7
Angola
ZAR 80 445
24.8%
8
Zambia
ZAR 75 412
29.5%
9
Nigeria
ZAR 74 975
29.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 74 846
30.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 74 805
30.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 101 585
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 101 585
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 98 378
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 98 378
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 96 239
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 95 169
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 92 870
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 84 068
21.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 83 610
21.8%
9
Turkey
ZAR 65 693
38.6%
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.