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 17 145
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 3 142
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 3 230
Net pay
* R 13 915
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
18.8%
81.2%
Net pay
18.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 13 915
Net pay
R 260
Tax the employer pays
R 3 230
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 3 490
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 260 to pay you R 17 145. 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 18.8% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 411 480 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 77 524. That means that your net pay will be R 333 956 per year, or R 27 830 per month. Your average tax rate is 18.8% 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.
Tax per income
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
R 20 500
R 21 000
R 21 500
R 22 000
R 22 500
R 23 000
R 23 500
R 24 000
R 24 500
R 25 000
R 25 500
R 26 000
R 26 500
R 27 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 346 764
15.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 305 709
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 372 025
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 367 711
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 366 517
10.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 357 329
13.2%
4
Colombia
ZAR 348 330
15.4%
5
Panama
ZAR 341 049
17.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 332 519
19.2%
7
Mexico
ZAR 325 104
21.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 316 250
23.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 308 446
25.0%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 300 880
26.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 267 337
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 333 956
18.8%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 306 196
25.6%
2
Angola
ZAR 302 474
26.5%
3
Kenya
ZAR 297 168
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 290 360
29.4%
5
Ghana
ZAR 290 171
29.5%
6
Morocco
ZAR 290 079
29.5%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 282 129
31.4%
8
Uganda
ZAR 272 761
33.7%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 272 742
33.7%
10
Senegal
ZAR 267 244
35.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 258 323
37.2%
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.