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 124 999
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 48 689
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 48 778
Net pay
* R 76 221
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
39.0%
61.0%
Net pay
39.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 76 221
Net pay
R 1 339
Tax the employer pays
R 48 778
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 50 116
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 1 339 to pay you R 124 999. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.01 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39% tax rate now rises to 39.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 2 999 976 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 170 662. That means that your net pay will be R 1 829 314 per year, or R 152 443 per month. Your average tax rate is 39.0% 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.
Tax per income
R 124 500
R 125 000
R 125 500
R 126 000
R 126 500
R 127 000
R 127 500
R 128 000
R 128 500
R 129 000
R 129 500
R 130 000
R 130 500
R 131 000
R 131 500
R 132 000
R 132 500
R 133 000
R 133 500
R 134 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 2 045 672
31.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 806 872
39.8%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 2 185 605
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 2 109 115
29.7%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 2 042 824
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 2 025 479
32.5%
4
Ghana
ZAR 2 002 461
33.3%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 1 989 844
33.7%
6
Morocco
ZAR 1 858 677
38.0%
7
Zambia
ZAR 1 850 248
38.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 1 848 748
38.4%
9
South Africa
ZAR 1 829 314
39.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 1 820 602
39.3%
11
Uganda
ZAR 1 714 380
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 2 849 977
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 2 849 977
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 2 808 955
6.4%
3
Kuwait
ZAR 2 808 672
6.4%
4
Oman
ZAR 2 759 978
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 2 740 315
8.7%
6
Egypt
ZAR 2 254 962
24.8%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 2 253 393
24.9%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 911 101
36.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 1 750 670
41.6%
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.