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 4 884
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 2 111
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 2 112
Net pay
* R 2 772
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.2%
56.8%
Net pay
43.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 2 772
Net pay
R 49.86
Tax the employer pays
R 2 112
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 161
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 49.86 to pay you R 4 884. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.43 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.2% tax rate now rises to 43.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.59999999999999% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 10 158 720 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 392 096. That means that your net pay will be R 5 766 624 per year, or R 480 552 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.2% 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 6 040 257
40.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 5 142 650
49.4%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 7 393 592
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 7 120 236
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 6 912 201
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 6 910 069
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 6 737 971
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 6 643 027
34.6%
6
Zambia
ZAR 6 252 876
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 6 207 349
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 6 196 790
39.0%
9
Senegal
ZAR 6 115 849
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 5 766 624
43.2%
11
Uganda
ZAR 5 651 689
44.4%
12
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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.