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 98 280
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 30 946
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 31 123
Net pay
* R 67 157
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
31.7%
68.3%
Net pay
31.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 67 157
Net pay
R 1 160
Tax the employer pays
R 31 123
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 32 283
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 160 to pay you R 98 280. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 32.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 179 360 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 373 474. That means that your net pay will be R 805 886 per year, or R 67 157 per month. Your average tax rate is 31.7% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 98 500
R 99 000
R 99 500
R 100 000
R 100 500
R 101 000
R 101 500
R 102 000
R 102 500
R 103 000
R 103 500
R 104 000
R 104 500
R 105 000
R 105 500
R 106 000
R 106 500
R 107 000
R 107 500
R 108 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 896 406
24.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 833 042
29.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 038 080
12.0%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 996 071
15.5%
2
Kazakhstan
ZAR 950 563
19.4%
3
Thailand
ZAR 944 271
19.9%
4
Singapore
ZAR 928 331
21.3%
5
South Korea
ZAR 921 689
21.9%
6
Australia
ZAR 885 155
25.0%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 871 310
26.1%
8
Japan
ZAR 866 348
26.5%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 864 291
26.7%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 847 221
28.2%
11
China
ZAR 839 520
28.8%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 831 531
29.5%
13
Philippines
ZAR 822 523
30.3%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 796 186
32.5%
15
India
ZAR 678 994
42.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 057 832
10.3%
1
Chile
ZAR 969 796
17.8%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 954 862
19.0%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 934 656
20.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 907 183
23.1%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 901 713
23.5%
6
Brazil
ZAR 865 159
26.6%
7
Peru
ZAR 864 502
26.7%
8
Colombia
ZAR 863 766
26.8%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 859 072
27.2%
10
Mexico
ZAR 836 847
29.0%
11
Argentina
ZAR 766 459
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 861 107
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 834 684
29.2%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 806 444
31.6%
3
South Africa
ZAR 805 886
31.7%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 804 441
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 798 124
32.3%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 783 227
33.6%
7
Morocco
ZAR 755 405
36.0%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 740 266
37.2%
9
Zambia
ZAR 730 569
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 728 233
38.3%
11
Uganda
ZAR 713 041
39.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 120 392
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 120 392
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 085 011
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 085 011
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 061 424
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 052 667
10.7%
6
Egypt
ZAR 889 500
24.6%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 887 931
24.7%
8
Israel
ZAR 878 848
25.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 690 325
41.5%
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.