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 11 627
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 724
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 116
Total tax
- R 840
Net pay
* R 10 787
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 10 787
Net pay
R 233
Tax the employer pays
R 840
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 073
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 233 to pay you R 11 627. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.92 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.2% tax rate now rises to 9.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 139 524 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 10 085. That means that your net pay will be R 129 439 per year, or R 10 787 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
R 20 500
R 21 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 127 260
8.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 108 090
22.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 128 432
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 128 362
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 126 339
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 126 146
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 124 874
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 124 176
11.0%
6
Peru
ZAR 122 084
12.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 121 340
13.0%
8
Brazil
ZAR 120 600
13.6%
9
Chile
ZAR 114 968
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 111 480
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 90 565
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 129 439
7.2%
1
Morocco
ZAR 116 809
16.3%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 110 113
21.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 108 879
22.0%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 108 797
22.0%
5
Kenya
ZAR 107 034
23.3%
6
Angola
ZAR 104 313
25.2%
7
Ghana
ZAR 103 624
25.7%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 97 144
30.4%
9
Uganda
ZAR 95 989
31.2%
10
Senegal
ZAR 95 443
31.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 93 827
32.8%
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.