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 2 231
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 917
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 918
Net pay
*
R 1 313
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
41.1%
58.9%
Net pay
41.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 1 313
Net pay
R 23.33
Tax the employer pays
R 918
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 941
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 23.33 to pay you R 2 231. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.22 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.1% tax rate now rises to 41.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 4 640 480 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 908 888. That means that your net pay will be R 2 731 592 per year, or R 227 633 per month. Your average tax rate is 41.1% 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 3 001 546
35.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 2 578 302
44.4%
2
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.