Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 9 493
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 340
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 94.93
Total tax
- R 435
Net pay
* R 9 058
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
4.6%
95.4%
Net pay
4.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 9 058
Net pay
R 190
Tax the employer pays
R 435
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 625
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 190 to pay you R 9 493. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.66 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.6% tax rate now rises to 6.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 113 916 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 219. That means that your net pay will be R 108 697 per year, or R 9 058 per month. Your average tax rate is 4.6% 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 104 071
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 90 193
20.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 104 860
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 104 803
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 103 151
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 102 993
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 101 955
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 101 385
11.0%
6
Brazil
ZAR 101 163
11.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 101 021
11.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 99 677
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 93 867
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 91 019
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 73 920
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 108 697
4.6%
1
Morocco
ZAR 99 462
12.7%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 91 196
19.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 90 975
20.1%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 90 532
20.5%
5
Kenya
ZAR 89 325
21.6%
6
Angola
ZAR 85 559
24.9%
7
Ghana
ZAR 85 475
25.0%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 79 726
30.0%
9
Zambia
ZAR 79 358
30.3%
10
Uganda
ZAR 79 344
30.4%
11
Senegal
ZAR 79 299
30.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 108 220
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 108 220
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 104 803
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 104 803
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 102 524
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 101 385
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 98 936
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 89 481
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 88 848
22.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 69 761
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.