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 2 873
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 206
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 1 207
Net pay
* R 1 666
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
42.0%
58.0%
Net pay
42.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 1 666
Net pay
R 29.75
Tax the employer pays
R 1 207
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 236
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 29.75 to pay you R 2 873. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42% tax rate now rises to 42.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 5 975 840 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 2 509 800. That means that your net pay will be R 3 466 040 per year, or R 288 837 per month. Your average tax rate is 42.0% 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 2 500
R 3 000
R 3 500
R 4 000
R 4 500
R 5 000
R 5 500
R 6 000
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 3 737 749
37.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 3 198 849
46.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 4 350 546
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 4 192 220
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 4 067 006
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 4 055 985
32.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 3 970 996
33.6%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 3 924 156
34.3%
6
Zambia
ZAR 3 680 405
38.4%
7
Morocco
ZAR 3 662 015
38.7%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 3 660 603
38.7%
9
Senegal
ZAR 3 606 121
39.7%
10
South Africa
ZAR 3 466 040
42.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 3 351 105
43.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 5 784 536
3.2%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 5 755 061
3.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 5 716 179
4.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 5 677 048
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 5 677 048
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 5 497 773
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 4 486 860
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 4 485 291
24.9%
8
Turkey
ZAR 3 483 843
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 3 429 512
42.6%
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.