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 29 293
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 431
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 7 520
Net pay
* R 21 773
Marginal tax rate
39.0%
Average tax rate
25.7%
74.3%
Net pay
25.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 21 773
Net pay
R 381
Tax the employer pays
R 7 520
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 901
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 381 to pay you R 29 293. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.7% tax rate now rises to 26.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 703 032 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 180 471. That means that your net pay will be R 522 561 per year, or R 43 547 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.7% and your marginal tax rate is 39.0%. 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 39, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 61.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 610 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 29 500
R 30 000
R 30 500
R 31 000
R 31 500
R 32 000
R 32 500
R 33 000
R 33 500
R 34 000
R 34 500
R 35 000
R 35 500
R 36 000
R 36 500
R 37 000
R 37 500
R 38 000
R 38 500
R 39 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 563 057
19.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 510 686
27.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 635 543
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 602 181
14.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 598 082
14.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 579 310
17.6%
4
Chile
ZAR 571 175
18.8%
5
Panama
ZAR 561 608
20.1%
6
Colombia
ZAR 552 567
21.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 530 411
24.6%
8
Mexico
ZAR 523 647
25.5%
9
Brazil
ZAR 519 822
26.1%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 492 520
29.9%
11
Argentina
ZAR 456 845
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 522 561
25.7%
1
Angola
ZAR 514 579
26.8%
2
Kenya
ZAR 501 254
28.7%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 496 830
29.3%
4
Ghana
ZAR 483 033
31.3%
5
Nigeria
ZAR 480 442
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 473 780
32.6%
7
Morocco
ZAR 466 756
33.6%
8
Uganda
ZAR 451 061
35.8%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 450 254
36.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 442 436
37.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 437 628
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 667 880
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 667 880
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 646 789
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 646 790
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 632 729
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 625 698
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 566 684
19.4%
7
Egypt
ZAR 532 254
24.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 530 685
24.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 412 907
41.3%
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.