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 688
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 60.67
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 6.88
Total tax
- R 67.55
Net pay
* R 620
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
9.8%
90.2%
Net pay
9.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 620
Net pay
R 13.76
Tax the employer pays
R 67.55
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 81.31
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 13.76 to pay you R 688. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.18 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
11.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.8% tax rate now rises to 11.6%, 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 178 880 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 17 562. That means that your net pay will be R 161 318 per year, or R 13 443 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.8% 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.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 161 910
9.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 137 165
23.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 164 708
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 164 570
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 161 976
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 161 728
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 160 098
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 159 203
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 151 352
15.4%
7
Brazil
ZAR 147 965
17.3%
8
Chile
ZAR 147 397
17.6%
9
Peru
ZAR 144 403
19.3%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 142 925
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 116 147
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 161 318
9.8%
1
Morocco
ZAR 142 795
20.2%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 138 734
22.4%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 135 994
24.0%
4
Kenya
ZAR 134 348
24.9%
5
Cameroon
ZAR 133 320
25.5%
6
Angola
ZAR 133 136
25.6%
7
Ghana
ZAR 131 518
26.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 123 914
30.7%
9
Uganda
ZAR 121 571
32.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 121 025
32.3%
11
Zambia
ZAR 116 063
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 169 936
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 169 936
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 164 570
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 164 570
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 160 992
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 159 203
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 155 357
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 139 140
22.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 137 571
23.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 103 793
42.0%
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.