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 87 273
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 31 712
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 31 801
Net pay
* R 55 472
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
36.4%
63.6%
Net pay
36.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 55 472
Net pay
R 961
Tax the employer pays
R 31 801
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 32 762
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 961 to pay you R 87 273. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.75 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.4% tax rate now rises to 37.1%, 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 2 094 552 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 763 221. That means that your net pay will be R 1 331 331 per year, or R 110 944 per month. Your average tax rate is 36.4% 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
Tax per income
R 87 500
R 88 000
R 88 500
R 89 000
R 89 500
R 90 000
R 90 500
R 91 000
R 91 500
R 92 000
R 92 500
R 93 000
R 93 500
R 94 000
R 94 500
R 95 000
R 95 500
R 96 000
R 96 500
R 97 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 475 500
29.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 354 451
35.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 797 690
14.2%
1
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 762 408
15.9%
2
Singapore
ZAR 1 721 656
17.8%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 1 658 333
20.8%
4
China
ZAR 1 591 468
24.0%
5
Thailand
ZAR 1 584 906
24.3%
6
South Korea
ZAR 1 493 108
28.7%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 1 482 961
29.2%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 1 469 805
29.8%
9
Australia
ZAR 1 454 176
30.6%
10
Japan
ZAR 1 442 675
31.1%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 1 442 096
31.2%
12
Philippines
ZAR 1 420 448
32.2%
13
Malaysia
ZAR 1 419 773
32.2%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 1 391 061
33.6%
15
India
ZAR 1 165 181
44.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 867 851
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 608 574
23.2%
2
Chile
ZAR 1 594 496
23.9%
3
Colombia
ZAR 1 537 458
26.6%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 1 534 114
26.8%
5
Brazil
ZAR 1 528 674
27.0%
6
Panama
ZAR 1 518 073
27.5%
7
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 477 822
29.4%
8
Ecuador
ZAR 1 440 864
31.2%
9
Mexico
ZAR 1 434 965
31.5%
10
Peru
ZAR 1 425 057
32.0%
11
Argentina
ZAR 1 361 333
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 1 526 909
27.1%
1
Kenya
ZAR 1 475 318
29.6%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 1 426 954
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 1 407 685
32.8%
4
Ghana
ZAR 1 403 523
33.0%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 1 401 318
33.1%
6
South Africa
ZAR 1 331 331
36.4%
7
Morocco
ZAR 1 310 001
37.5%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 1 297 481
38.1%
9
Zambia
ZAR 1 293 413
38.3%
10
Senegal
ZAR 1 277 348
39.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 1 216 397
41.9%
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.