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 24 115
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 730
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 40.87
Total tax
- R 7 771
Net pay
*
R 16 344
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 16 344
Net pay
R 282
Tax the employer pays
R 7 771
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 053
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 282 to pay you R 24 115. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 33.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 1 253 980 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 404 068. That means that your net pay will be R 849 912 per year, or R 70 826 per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 944 155
24.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 881 126
29.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 100 015
12.3%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 1 055 177
15.9%
2
Kazakhstan
ZAR 1 011 005
19.4%
3
Thailand
ZAR 996 505
20.5%
4
Singapore
ZAR 994 370
20.7%
5
South Korea
ZAR 974 812
22.3%
6
Australia
ZAR 934 031
25.5%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 920 268
26.6%
8
Japan
ZAR 916 277
26.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 914 734
27.1%
10
China
ZAR 908 591
27.5%
11
Pakistan
ZAR 895 724
28.6%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 879 655
29.9%
13
Philippines
ZAR 871 274
30.5%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 844 689
32.6%
15
India
ZAR 719 050
42.7%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 123 877
10.4%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 026 875
18.1%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 008 290
19.6%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 978 943
21.9%
4
Panama
ZAR 956 991
23.7%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 947 701
24.4%
6
Brazil
ZAR 919 259
26.7%
7
Colombia
ZAR 913 450
27.2%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 912 183
27.3%
9
Peru
ZAR 910 207
27.4%
10
Mexico
ZAR 884 026
29.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 814 962
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 915 393
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 886 918
29.3%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 855 197
31.8%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 854 947
31.8%
4
South Africa
ZAR 849 912
32.2%
5
Ghana
ZAR 847 485
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 834 142
33.5%
7
Morocco
ZAR 800 624
36.2%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 785 698
37.3%
9
Zambia
ZAR 776 461
38.1%
10
Senegal
ZAR 773 005
38.4%
11
Uganda
ZAR 754 082
39.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 191 281
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 191 281
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 153 662
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 153 662
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 128 582
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 120 944
10.6%
6
Egypt
ZAR 945 465
24.6%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 943 896
24.7%
8
Israel
ZAR 923 795
26.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 733 784
41.5%
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.