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 14 536
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 843
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 8.17
Total tax
- R 5 851
Net pay
* R 8 685
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
40.3%
59.7%
Net pay
40.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 8 685
Net pay
R 154
Tax the employer pays
R 5 851
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 6 005
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 154 to pay you R 14 536. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.13 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.3% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 3 779 360 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 521 384. That means that your net pay will be R 2 257 976 per year, or R 188 165 per month. Your average tax rate is 40.3% 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
Tax per income
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
R 19 500
R 20 000
R 20 500
R 21 000
R 21 500
R 22 000
R 22 500
R 23 000
R 23 500
R 24 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 2 527 836
33.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 2 177 083
42.4%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 2 752 607
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 2 654 684
29.8%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 2 572 961
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 2 557 272
32.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 2 518 024
33.4%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 2 496 444
34.0%
6
Morocco
ZAR 2 330 974
38.3%
7
Zambia
ZAR 2 329 569
38.4%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 2 323 276
38.5%
9
Senegal
ZAR 2 288 233
39.5%
10
South Africa
ZAR 2 257 976
40.3%
11
Uganda
ZAR 2 143 041
43.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 3 590 392
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 3 590 392
5.0%
2
Kuwait
ZAR 3 588 056
5.1%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 3 580 545
5.3%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 3 519 699
6.9%
5
Oman
ZAR 3 477 011
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 2 839 500
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 2 837 931
24.9%
8
Israel
ZAR 2 331 272
38.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 2 204 591
41.7%
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.