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 5 036
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 633
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 8.17
Total tax
- R 1 641
Net pay
* R 3 395
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 3 395
Net pay
R 58.53
Tax the employer pays
R 1 641
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 700
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 58.53 to pay you R 5 036. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.38 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 33.4%, 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 1 309 360 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 426 774. That means that your net pay will be R 882 586 per year, or R 73 549 per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% 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.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 979 592
25.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 914 693
30.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 172 892
10.4%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 067 604
18.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 047 942
20.0%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 011 811
22.7%
4
Panama
ZAR 993 958
24.1%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 980 587
25.1%
6
Brazil
ZAR 959 409
26.7%
7
Colombia
ZAR 955 115
27.1%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 951 600
27.3%
9
Peru
ZAR 944 127
27.9%
10
Mexico
ZAR 919 040
29.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 850 959
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 955 682
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 925 684
29.3%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 892 867
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 890 944
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 884 119
32.5%
5
South Africa
ZAR 882 586
32.6%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 871 929
33.4%
7
Morocco
ZAR 834 184
36.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 819 417
37.4%
9
Zambia
ZAR 810 519
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 806 233
38.4%
11
Uganda
ZAR 784 541
40.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 243 892
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 243 892
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 204 611
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 204 611
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 178 424
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 171 617
10.5%
6
Egypt
ZAR 987 000
24.6%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 985 431
24.7%
8
Israel
ZAR 957 021
26.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 766 038
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.