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 655 461 473
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 294 950 102
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 294 950 191
Net pay
*
R 360 511 282
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 360 511 282
Net pay
R 6 554 703
Tax the employer pays
R 294 950 191
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 301 504 894
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 6 554 703 to pay you R 655 461 473. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 15 731 075 352 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 078 804 581. That means that your net pay will be R 8 652 270 771 per year, or R 721 022 564 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 8 385 296 006
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 7 310 715 493
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 14 157 845 128
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 13 056 851 754
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 12 270 393 319
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 10 634 273 869
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 10 225 228 730
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 10 225 279 616
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 10 225 447 708
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 9 766 502 492
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 9 596 148 094
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 9 439 099 867
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 9 281 527 851
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 8 652 603 953
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 8 478 399 247
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 8 337 816 635
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 8 200 958 925
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 1 814 114 285
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 13 923 289 906
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 11 405 039 754
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 10 559 688 706
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 10 500 612 757
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 10 225 285 964
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 10 225 198 853
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 10 170 242 801
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 9 635 425 797
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 9 596 004 124
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 9 554 918 188
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 9 439 085 204
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 8 974 273 950
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 11 444 360 441
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 11 011 761 878
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 10 733 684 509
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 10 700 279 694
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 10 406 124 323
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 10 225 238 838
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 9 674 616 605
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 9 577 887 441
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 9 532 883 618
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 9 438 665 828
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 8 652 270 771
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 8 652 155 837
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 15 730 815 691
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 15 730 884 048
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 15 573 603 578
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 14 944 521 584
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 14 944 521 584
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 14 472 589 324
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 11 798 311 494
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 11 798 309 925
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 9 161 939 049
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 7 865 979 268
50.0%
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.