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 41 234
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 510
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 687
Net pay
* R 32 547
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
21.1%
78.9%
Net pay
21.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 32 547
Net pay
R 589
Tax the employer pays
R 8 687
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 276
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 589 to pay you R 41 234. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.1% tax rate now rises to 22.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 494 808 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 104 242. That means that your net pay will be R 390 566 per year, or R 32 547 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.1% and your marginal tax rate is 33.8%. 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 33.78, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 66.22.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 662 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 311 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 41 500
R 42 000
R 42 500
R 43 000
R 43 500
R 44 000
R 44 500
R 45 000
R 45 500
R 46 000
R 46 500
R 47 000
R 47 500
R 48 000
R 48 500
R 49 000
R 49 500
R 50 000
R 50 500
R 51 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 408 994
17.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 366 221
26.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 447 363
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 436 729
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 435 043
12.1%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 422 307
14.7%
4
Colombia
ZAR 406 812
17.8%
5
Panama
ZAR 404 087
18.3%
6
Chile
ZAR 397 730
19.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 383 480
22.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 378 759
23.5%
9
Brazil
ZAR 368 859
25.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 357 473
27.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 321 500
35.0%
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.