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 34 407
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 6 320
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 6 497
Net pay
* R 27 910
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
18.9%
81.1%
Net pay
18.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 27 910
Net pay
R 521
Tax the employer pays
R 6 497
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 018
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 521 to pay you R 34 407. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.04 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.9% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 412 884 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 77 959. That means that your net pay will be R 334 925 per year, or R 27 910 per month. Your average tax rate is 18.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 69.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 690 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 450 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 34 500
R 35 000
R 35 500
R 36 000
R 36 500
R 37 000
R 37 500
R 38 000
R 38 500
R 39 000
R 39 500
R 40 000
R 40 500
R 41 000
R 41 500
R 42 000
R 42 500
R 43 000
R 43 500
R 44 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 347 823
15.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 306 749
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 390 488
5.4%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 371 705
10.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 370 403
10.3%
3
Australia
ZAR 367 050
11.1%
4
South Korea
ZAR 349 192
15.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 345 417
16.3%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 339 856
17.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 335 713
18.7%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 332 081
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
ZAR 329 717
20.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 329 124
20.3%
11
Singapore
ZAR 327 335
20.7%
12
Philippines
ZAR 317 731
23.1%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 304 939
26.1%
14
China
ZAR 290 683
29.6%
15
India
ZAR 276 258
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 373 295
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 368 954
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 367 715
10.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 358 439
13.2%
4
Colombia
ZAR 349 361
15.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 342 111
17.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 333 630
19.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 326 139
21.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 317 307
23.2%
9
Brazil
ZAR 309 464
25.1%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 301 834
26.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 268 249
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 334 925
18.9%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 307 128
25.6%
2
Angola
ZAR 303 496
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 298 151
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 291 284
29.5%
5
Ghana
ZAR 291 100
29.5%
6
Morocco
ZAR 290 930
29.5%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 283 084
31.4%
8
Uganda
ZAR 273 673
33.7%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 273 597
33.7%
10
Senegal
ZAR 268 100
35.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 259 187
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 392 240
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 392 240
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 379 853
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 379 853
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 371 596
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 367 467
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 353 928
14.3%
7
Egypt
ZAR 314 643
23.8%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 313 074
24.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 241 450
41.5%
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.