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 1 549 254
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 682 043
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 682 220
Net pay
* R 867 034
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.0%
56.0%
Net pay
44.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 867 034
Net pay
R 15 670
Tax the employer pays
R 682 220
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 697 890
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 15 670 to pay you R 1 549 254. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.50 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44% tax rate now rises to 44.6%, 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 18 591 048 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 186 644. That means that your net pay will be R 10 404 404 per year, or R 867 034 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.0% 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
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 10 541 872
43.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 9 061 187
51.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 16 609 254
10.7%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 15 489 782
16.7%
2
Singapore
ZAR 14 655 562
21.2%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 12 634 592
32.0%
4
Thailand
ZAR 12 332 911
33.7%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 12 164 818
34.6%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 12 113 783
34.8%
7
Philippines
ZAR 11 668 883
37.2%
8
Taiwan
ZAR 11 609 285
37.6%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 11 532 668
38.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 11 319 236
39.1%
11
China
ZAR 10 737 586
42.2%
12
Japan
ZAR 10 496 007
43.5%
13
South Korea
ZAR 10 246 991
44.9%
14
Australia
ZAR 10 199 954
45.1%
15
India
ZAR 6 075 751
67.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 16 468 586
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 13 488 633
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 12 683 617
31.8%
3
Panama
ZAR 12 529 484
32.6%
4
Mexico
ZAR 12 171 167
34.5%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 12 121 698
34.8%
6
Argentina
ZAR 12 084 056
35.0%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 11 783 721
36.6%
8
Colombia
ZAR 11 765 404
36.7%
9
Chile
ZAR 11 594 621
37.6%
10
Peru
ZAR 11 529 161
38.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 10 851 592
41.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 18 399 745
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 18 331 387
1.4%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 18 244 117
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 17 661 496
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 17 661 496
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 17 103 764
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 13 948 266
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 13 946 697
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 10 831 066
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 9 737 116
47.6%
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.