Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 92 676
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 28 648
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 28 825
Net pay
* R 63 851
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 63 851
Net pay
R 1 104
Tax the employer pays
R 28 825
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 29 929
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 104 to pay you R 92 676. 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 1 112 112 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 345 902. That means that your net pay will be R 766 210 per year, or R 63 851 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 853 375
23.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 787 397
29.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 998 312
10.2%
1
Chile
ZAR 918 019
17.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 906 713
18.5%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 889 780
20.0%
4
Panama
ZAR 862 295
22.5%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 859 179
22.7%
6
Peru
ZAR 820 885
26.2%
7
Colombia
ZAR 819 734
26.3%
8
Brazil
ZAR 816 405
26.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 811 209
27.1%
10
Mexico
ZAR 793 534
28.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 722 747
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 812 184
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 787 610
29.2%
2
South Africa
ZAR 766 210
31.1%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 762 732
31.4%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 758 699
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 753 639
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 737 342
33.7%
7
Morocco
ZAR 714 654
35.7%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 699 322
37.1%
9
Zambia
ZAR 689 212
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 687 884
38.2%
11
Uganda
ZAR 676 055
39.2%
12
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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.