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 942 896 760
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 424 288 421
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 424 288 598
Net pay
*
R 518 608 162
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 518 608 162
Net pay
R 9 429 145
Tax the employer pays
R 424 288 598
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 433 717 743
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 9 429 145 to pay you R 942 896 760. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 11 314 761 120 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 091 463 176. That means that your net pay will be R 6 223 297 944 per year, or R 518 608 162 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 6 031 400 520
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 5 258 436 604
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 10 183 162 319
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 9 391 310 941
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 8 825 668 218
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 7 648 845 480
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 7 354 624 437
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 7 354 675 365
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 7 354 843 458
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 7 024 707 518
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 6 902 196 412
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 6 789 311 328
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 6 675 946 617
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 6 223 631 125
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 6 098 322 305
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 5 997 170 092
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 5 898 792 254
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 1 305 928 173
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 10 014 494 090
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 8 203 211 935
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 7 595 237 778
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 7 552 723 007
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 7 354 681 714
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 7 354 594 603
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 7 315 095 650
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 6 930 433 330
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 6 902 158 324
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 6 872 625 576
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 6 789 296 664
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 6 454 921 252
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 8 231 491 838
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 7 920 341 916
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 7 720 322 901
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 7 696 302 754
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 7 484 732 458
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 7 354 634 587
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 6 958 583 352
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 6 889 014 521
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 6 856 650 189
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 6 788 877 289
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 6 223 297 944
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 6 223 183 009
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 11 314 501 459
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 11 314 569 817
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 11 201 452 488
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 10 749 023 064
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 10 749 023 064
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 10 409 580 230
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 8 486 075 820
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 8 486 074 251
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 6 589 833 478
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 5 657 822 152
50.0%
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.