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 15 420
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 171
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 40.87
Total tax
- R 4 212
Net pay
* R 11 208
Marginal tax rate
39.0%
Average tax rate
27.3%
72.7%
Net pay
27.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 11 208
Net pay
R 195
Tax the employer pays
R 4 212
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 407
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 195 to pay you R 15 420. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.86 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.3% tax rate now rises to 28.2%, 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 801 840 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 219 006. That means that your net pay will be R 582 834 per year, or R 48 569 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.3% 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 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 636 164
20.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 574 792
28.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 725 669
9.5%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 699 868
12.7%
2
Thailand
ZAR 667 955
16.7%
3
South Korea
ZAR 649 619
19.0%
4
Kazakhstan
ZAR 644 772
19.6%
5
Australia
ZAR 637 880
20.5%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 623 619
22.2%
7
Singapore
ZAR 615 725
23.2%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 608 379
24.1%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 601 787
25.0%
10
Japan
ZAR 597 572
25.5%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 586 459
26.9%
12
Philippines
ZAR 575 876
28.2%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 551 827
31.2%
14
China
ZAR 526 802
34.3%
15
India
ZAR 497 185
38.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 723 696
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 679 598
15.3%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 673 251
16.0%
3
Chile
ZAR 659 084
17.8%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 650 887
18.8%
5
Panama
ZAR 636 356
20.6%
6
Colombia
ZAR 621 016
22.6%
7
Peru
ZAR 602 170
24.9%
8
Brazil
ZAR 591 457
26.2%
9
Mexico
ZAR 590 071
26.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 552 520
31.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 521 071
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 586 461
26.9%
1
South Africa
ZAR 582 834
27.3%
2
Kenya
ZAR 570 420
28.9%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 561 056
30.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 548 395
31.6%
5
Nigeria
ZAR 547 652
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 534 974
33.3%
7
Morocco
ZAR 526 633
34.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 510 413
36.3%
9
Uganda
ZAR 505 405
37.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 501 721
37.4%
11
Zambia
ZAR 498 395
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 761 748
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 761 748
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 737 693
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 737 693
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 721 656
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 713 637
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 636 245
20.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 606 360
24.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 604 791
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 470 453
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.