Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 8 960
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 244
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 89.60
Total tax
- R 334
Net pay
* R 8 626
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
3.7%
96.3%
Net pay
3.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 8 626
Net pay
R 179
Tax the employer pays
R 334
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 513
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 179 to pay you R 8 960. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.7% tax rate now rises to 5.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 107 520 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 004. That means that your net pay will be R 103 516 per year, or R 8 626 per month. Your average tax rate is 3.7% 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 98 208
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 85 751
20.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 98 972
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 98 918
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 97 359
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 97 210
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 96 230
10.5%
5
Brazil
ZAR 96 070
10.7%
6
Mexico
ZAR 95 825
10.9%
7
Panama
ZAR 95 693
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 94 080
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 88 596
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 85 908
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 69 763
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 103 516
3.7%
1
Morocco
ZAR 94 764
11.9%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 86 800
19.3%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 86 340
19.7%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 85 607
20.4%
5
Kenya
ZAR 84 907
21.0%
6
Ghana
ZAR 80 942
24.7%
7
Angola
ZAR 80 875
24.8%
8
Zambia
ZAR 75 744
29.6%
9
Nigeria
ZAR 75 375
29.9%
10
Senegal
ZAR 75 225
30.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 75 187
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 102 144
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 102 144
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 98 919
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 98 919
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 96 768
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 95 693
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 93 381
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 84 524
21.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 84 051
21.8%
9
Turkey
ZAR 66 036
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.