Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 92 592
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 28 614
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 28 791
Net pay
* R 63 801
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
31.1%
68.9%
Net pay
31.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 63 801
Net pay
R 1 103
Tax the employer pays
R 28 791
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 29 894
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 103 to pay you R 92 592. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.23 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.1% tax rate now rises to 31.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 1 111 104 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 345 489. That means that your net pay will be R 765 615 per year, or R 63 801 per month. Your average tax rate is 31.1% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 852 730
23.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 786 707
29.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 981 428
11.7%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 942 483
15.2%
2
Thailand
ZAR 896 492
19.3%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 895 275
19.4%
4
South Korea
ZAR 872 975
21.4%
5
Singapore
ZAR 867 925
21.9%
6
Australia
ZAR 840 447
24.4%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 826 527
25.6%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 818 150
26.4%
9
Japan
ZAR 817 907
26.4%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 802 854
27.7%
11
China
ZAR 788 328
29.1%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 787 509
29.1%
13
Philippines
ZAR 777 929
30.0%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 751 820
32.3%
15
India
ZAR 651 183
41.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 997 420
10.2%
1
Chile
ZAR 917 243
17.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 905 991
18.5%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 889 101
20.0%
4
Panama
ZAR 861 622
22.5%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 858 540
22.7%
6
Peru
ZAR 820 202
26.2%
7
Colombia
ZAR 819 077
26.3%
8
Brazil
ZAR 815 674
26.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 810 491
27.1%
10
Mexico
ZAR 792 881
28.6%
11
Argentina
ZAR 722 092
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 811 451
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 786 905
29.2%
2
South Africa
ZAR 765 615
31.1%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 762 077
31.4%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 758 013
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 752 973
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 736 654
33.7%
7
Morocco
ZAR 714 043
35.7%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 698 708
37.1%
9
Zambia
ZAR 688 592
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 687 279
38.1%
11
Uganda
ZAR 675 500
39.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 055 549
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 055 549
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 022 216
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 022 215
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 999 994
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 990 213
10.9%
6
Egypt
ZAR 838 308
24.6%
7
Israel
ZAR 837 403
24.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 836 739
24.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 650 572
41.5%
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.