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 7 428
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 2 645
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 8.17
Total tax
- R 2 653
Net pay
* R 4 775
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
35.7%
64.3%
Net pay
35.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 4 775
Net pay
R 82.45
Tax the employer pays
R 2 653
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 735
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 82.45 to pay you R 7 428. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.68 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.7% tax rate now rises to 36.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 931 280 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 689 748. That means that your net pay will be R 1 241 532 per year, or R 103 461 per month. Your average tax rate is 35.7% 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 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
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R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
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R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
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R 16 500
R 17 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 375 645
28.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 266 879
34.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 723 342
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 493 237
22.7%
2
Chile
ZAR 1 488 369
22.9%
3
Uruguay
ZAR 1 421 004
26.4%
4
Colombia
ZAR 1 417 161
26.6%
5
Brazil
ZAR 1 410 301
27.0%
6
Panama
ZAR 1 409 089
27.0%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 380 920
28.5%
8
Ecuador
ZAR 1 346 634
30.3%
9
Mexico
ZAR 1 327 205
31.3%
10
Peru
ZAR 1 325 053
31.4%
11
Argentina
ZAR 1 255 207
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 834 716
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 834 716
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 776 777
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 776 778
8.0%
4
Kuwait
ZAR 1 740 674
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 738 152
10.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 453 440
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 451 871
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 313 851
32.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 1 128 250
41.6%
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.