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 25 253
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 900
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 5 988
Net pay
* R 19 265
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
23.7%
76.3%
Net pay
23.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 19 265
Net pay
R 341
Tax the employer pays
R 5 988
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 6 329
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 341 to pay you R 25 253. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.51 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.7% tax rate now rises to 24.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 606 072 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 143 716. That means that your net pay will be R 462 356 per year, or R 38 530 per month. Your average tax rate is 23.7% and your marginal tax rate is 36.0%. 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 36, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 64.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 640 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 200 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 25 500
R 26 000
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R 27 000
R 27 500
R 28 000
R 28 500
R 29 000
R 29 500
R 30 000
R 30 500
R 31 000
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R 32 000
R 32 500
R 33 000
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R 34 000
R 34 500
R 35 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 491 317
18.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 446 564
26.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 547 959
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 526 213
13.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 523 753
13.6%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 507 904
16.2%
4
Panama
ZAR 488 258
19.4%
5
Colombia
ZAR 484 694
20.0%
6
Chile
ZAR 484 015
20.1%
7
Peru
ZAR 459 994
24.1%
8
Mexico
ZAR 458 466
24.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 449 526
25.8%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 433 642
28.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 393 821
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 575 768
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 575 768
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 557 586
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 557 586
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 545 465
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 539 404
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 498 327
17.8%
7
Egypt
ZAR 459 534
24.2%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 457 965
24.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 356 436
41.2%
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.