Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 950 404
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 412 561
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 412 738
Net pay
* R 537 666
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.4%
56.6%
Net pay
43.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 537 666
Net pay
R 9 681
Tax the employer pays
R 412 738
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 422 419
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 9 681 to pay you R 950 404. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.44 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.4% tax rate now rises to 44.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 11 404 848 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 952 854. That means that your net pay will be R 6 451 994 per year, or R 537 666 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.4% 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 6 711 627
41.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 5 721 731
49.8%
2
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.