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 2 230
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 85.53
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 22.30
Total tax
- R 108
Net pay
* R 2 122
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
4.8%
95.2%
Net pay
4.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 2 122
Net pay
R 44.60
Tax the employer pays
R 108
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 152
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 44.60 to pay you R 2 230. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.68 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.8% tax rate now rises to 6.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 115 960 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 607. That means that your net pay will be R 110 353 per year, or R 9 196 per month. Your average tax rate is 4.8% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 2 500
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R 5 000
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R 12 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 105 946
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 91 613
21.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 115 960
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 115 960
0.0%
2
Pakistan
ZAR 110 035
5.1%
3
Thailand
ZAR 109 617
5.5%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 105 696
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 104 886
9.6%
6
South Korea
ZAR 102 540
11.6%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 102 352
11.7%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 102 321
11.8%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 102 172
11.9%
10
India
ZAR 97 404
16.0%
11
Singapore
ZAR 94 974
18.1%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 94 630
18.4%
13
Japan
ZAR 94 227
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 91 840
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 86 799
25.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 106 741
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 106 683
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 105 002
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 104 841
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 103 784
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 103 204
11.0%
6
Brazil
ZAR 102 770
11.4%
7
Mexico
ZAR 102 681
11.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 101 465
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 95 551
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 92 652
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 75 249
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 110 353
4.8%
1
Morocco
ZAR 100 860
13.0%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 92 601
20.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 92 456
20.3%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 92 106
20.6%
5
Kenya
ZAR 90 736
21.8%
6
Angola
ZAR 87 056
24.9%
7
Ghana
ZAR 86 923
25.0%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 81 116
30.1%
9
Uganda
ZAR 80 673
30.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 80 553
30.5%
11
Zambia
ZAR 80 513
30.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 110 162
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 110 162
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 106 683
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 106 683
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 104 364
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 103 205
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 100 711
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 91 065
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 90 381
22.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 70 951
38.8%
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.