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 4 359
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 874
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 1 875
Net pay
* R 2 484
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.0%
57.0%
Net pay
43.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 2 484
Net pay
R 44.61
Tax the employer pays
R 1 875
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 920
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 44.61 to pay you R 4 359. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.40 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43% tax rate now rises to 43.6%, 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 9 066 720 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 900 696. That means that your net pay will be R 5 166 024 per year, or R 430 502 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.0% 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 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
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 5 446 678
39.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 4 635 193
48.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 8 037 359
11.4%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 7 584 589
16.4%
2
Singapore
ZAR 7 226 586
20.3%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 6 196 146
31.7%
4
Thailand
ZAR 6 142 098
32.3%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 5 974 005
34.1%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 5 922 970
34.7%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 5 894 688
35.0%
8
Philippines
ZAR 5 755 863
36.5%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 5 722 828
36.9%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 699 955
37.1%
11
China
ZAR 5 499 205
39.4%
12
Japan
ZAR 5 363 077
40.9%
13
South Korea
ZAR 5 282 083
41.7%
14
Australia
ZAR 5 152 060
43.2%
15
India
ZAR 4 494 868
50.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 8 038 784
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 583 495
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 6 290 412
30.6%
3
Panama
ZAR 6 171 995
31.9%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 5 999 025
33.8%
5
Mexico
ZAR 5 980 354
34.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 964 220
34.2%
7
Colombia
ZAR 5 955 792
34.3%
8
Argentina
ZAR 5 893 243
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 5 880 024
35.2%
10
Peru
ZAR 5 695 510
37.2%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 5 418 296
40.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 599 162
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 6 355 836
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 6 169 423
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 6 164 970
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 6 015 613
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 933 227
34.6%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 581 296
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 542 485
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 535 051
39.0%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 460 649
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 5 166 024
43.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 5 051 089
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 8 875 416
2.1%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 8 815 032
2.8%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 8 807 059
2.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 8 613 384
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 8 613 384
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 8 341 382
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 805 020
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 803 451
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 5 284 002
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 974 952
45.1%
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.