Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 9 455
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 333
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 94.55
Total tax
- R 428
Net pay
* R 9 027
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
4.5%
95.5%
Net pay
4.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 9 027
Net pay
R 189
Tax the employer pays
R 428
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 617
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 189 to pay you R 9 455. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.65 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.5% tax rate now rises to 6.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 113 460 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 132. That means that your net pay will be R 108 328 per year, or R 9 027 per month. Your average tax rate is 4.5% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 103 652
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 89 877
20.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 113 460
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 113 460
0.0%
2
Pakistan
ZAR 107 848
5.0%
3
Thailand
ZAR 107 242
5.5%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 103 418
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 102 914
9.3%
6
South Korea
ZAR 100 357
11.6%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 100 291
11.6%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 100 114
11.8%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 99 970
11.9%
10
India
ZAR 95 995
15.4%
11
Singapore
ZAR 93 975
17.2%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 92 728
18.3%
13
Japan
ZAR 92 196
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 89 860
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 85 294
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 104 440
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 104 383
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 102 738
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 102 581
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 101 547
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 100 979
11.0%
6
Brazil
ZAR 100 804
11.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 100 650
11.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 99 278
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 93 491
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 90 655
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 73 624
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 108 328
4.5%
1
Morocco
ZAR 99 150
12.6%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 90 883
19.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 90 645
20.1%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 90 181
20.5%
5
Kenya
ZAR 89 010
21.6%
6
Angola
ZAR 85 225
24.9%
7
Ghana
ZAR 85 152
25.0%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 79 416
30.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 79 100
30.3%
10
Uganda
ZAR 79 048
30.3%
11
Senegal
ZAR 79 019
30.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 107 787
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 107 787
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 104 383
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 104 383
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 102 114
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 100 979
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 98 540
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 89 128
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 88 506
22.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 69 495
38.8%
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.