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 9 755
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 387
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 97.55
Total tax
- R 485
Net pay
* R 9 270
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
5.0%
95.0%
Net pay
5.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 9 270
Net pay
R 195
Tax the employer pays
R 485
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 680
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 195 to pay you R 9 755. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5% tax rate now rises to 6.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 117 060 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 816. That means that your net pay will be R 111 244 per year, or R 9 270 per month. Your average tax rate is 5.0% 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.
Tax per income
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 106 954
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 92 377
21.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 107 754
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 107 695
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 105 998
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 105 836
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 104 769
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 104 183
11.0%
6
Brazil
ZAR 103 634
11.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 103 566
11.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 102 427
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 96 457
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 93 531
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 75 964
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 111 244
5.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 101 612
13.2%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 93 357
20.3%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 93 241
20.4%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 92 953
20.6%
5
Kenya
ZAR 91 496
21.8%
6
Angola
ZAR 87 862
24.9%
7
Ghana
ZAR 87 703
25.1%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 81 864
30.1%
9
Uganda
ZAR 81 388
30.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 81 227
30.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 81 134
30.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 111 207
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 111 207
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 107 695
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 107 695
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 105 354
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 104 183
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 101 667
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 91 918
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 91 206
22.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 71 592
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.