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 9 800
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 395
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 98
Total tax
- R 493
Net pay
* R 9 307
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 9 307
Net pay
R 196
Tax the employer pays
R 493
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 689
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 196 to pay you R 9 800. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5% tax rate now rises to 6.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 117 600 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 919. That means that your net pay will be R 111 681 per year, or R 9 307 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.
Compare average tax
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 107 450
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 92 752
21.1%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 111 720
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 111 720
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 108 192
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 108 192
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 105 840
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 104 664
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 102 136
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 92 336
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 91 611
22.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 71 906
38.9%
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.