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 17 047
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 584
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 7 585
Net pay
* R 9 462
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.5%
55.5%
Net pay
44.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 9 462
Net pay
R 171
Tax the employer pays
R 7 585
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 756
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 171 to pay you R 17 047. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.55 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.5% tax rate now rises to 45.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 35 457 760 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 15 776 664. That means that your net pay will be R 19 681 096 per year, or R 1 640 091 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.5% 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 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
R 24 500
R 25 000
R 25 500
R 26 000
R 26 500
R 27 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 19 531 829
44.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 16 899 215
52.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 31 396 992
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 25 716 999
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 24 005 398
32.3%
3
Panama
ZAR 23 788 015
32.9%
4
Mexico
ZAR 23 134 530
34.8%
5
Argentina
ZAR 23 047 419
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 23 026 027
35.1%
7
Colombia
ZAR 22 053 694
37.8%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 22 027 887
37.9%
9
Peru
ZAR 21 860 022
38.4%
10
Chile
ZAR 21 714 648
38.8%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 20 473 461
42.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 35 266 457
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 35 198 099
0.7%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 34 942 161
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 33 684 872
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 33 684 872
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 32 621 139
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 26 598 300
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 26 596 731
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 20 654 408
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 18 170 472
48.8%
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.