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 5 002
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 2 164
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 2 165
Net pay
* R 2 837
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.3%
56.7%
Net pay
43.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 2 837
Net pay
R 51.04
Tax the employer pays
R 2 165
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 2 216
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 51.04 to pay you R 5 002. 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 43.3% tax rate now rises to 43.8%, 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 10 404 160 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 502 544. That means that your net pay will be R 5 901 616 per year, or R 491 801 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.3% 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 5 500
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 6 173 671
40.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 5 256 707
49.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 9 222 527
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 7 553 139
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 7 188 169
30.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 7 064 737
32.1%
4
Mexico
ZAR 6 849 690
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 6 828 875
34.4%
6
Uruguay
ZAR 6 811 333
34.5%
7
Colombia
ZAR 6 771 599
34.9%
8
Argentina
ZAR 6 762 579
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 6 682 488
35.8%
10
Peru
ZAR 6 514 692
37.4%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 6 181 259
40.6%
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.