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 7 172
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 11.08
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 71.72
Total tax
- R 82.80
Net pay
* R 7 089
Marginal tax rate
3.6%
Average tax rate
1.2%
98.8%
Net pay
1.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 7 089
Net pay
R 143
Tax the employer pays
R 82.80
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 226
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 143 to pay you R 7 172. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.32 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.2% tax rate now rises to 3.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 86 064 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 994. That means that your net pay will be R 85 070 per year, or R 7 089 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.2% and your marginal tax rate is 3.6%. 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 3.63, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 96.37.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 964 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 819 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 78 610
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 70 851
17.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 85 070
1.2%
1
Morocco
ZAR 77 691
9.7%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 71 352
17.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 70 793
17.7%
4
Kenya
ZAR 69 971
18.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 69 086
19.7%
6
Ghana
ZAR 65 735
23.6%
7
Angola
ZAR 65 084
24.4%
8
Zambia
ZAR 63 622
26.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 61 407
28.7%
10
Uganda
ZAR 61 240
28.8%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 60 781
29.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 83 100
3.4%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 81 761
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 81 761
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 79 179
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 79 179
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 76 597
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 74 747
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 67 959
21.0%
8
Egypt
ZAR 67 896
21.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 53 539
37.8%
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.