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 30 500
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 10 348
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 40.87
Total tax
- R 10 388
Net pay
* R 20 112
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 20 112
Net pay
R 346
Tax the employer pays
R 10 388
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 10 734
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 346 to pay you R 30 500. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.52 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 34.8%, 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 1 586 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 540 196. That means that your net pay will be R 1 045 804 per year, or R 87 150 per month. Your average tax rate is 34.1% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 30 500
R 31 000
R 31 500
R 32 000
R 32 500
R 33 000
R 33 500
R 34 000
R 34 500
R 35 000
R 35 500
R 36 000
R 36 500
R 37 000
R 37 500
R 38 000
R 38 500
R 39 000
R 39 500
R 40 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 1 156 991
27.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 1 071 484
32.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 417 741
10.6%
1
Chile
ZAR 1 260 145
20.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 1 246 017
21.4%
3
Panama
ZAR 1 178 615
25.7%
4
Puerto Rico
ZAR 1 175 996
25.9%
5
Colombia
ZAR 1 162 792
26.7%
6
Brazil
ZAR 1 159 973
26.9%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 1 153 195
27.3%
8
Ecuador
ZAR 1 143 411
27.9%
9
Peru
ZAR 1 113 569
29.8%
10
Mexico
ZAR 1 099 320
30.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 1 030 775
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 506 700
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 506 700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 459 120
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 459 120
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 427 400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 424 743
10.2%
6
Egypt
ZAR 1 194 480
24.7%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 1 192 911
24.8%
8
Israel
ZAR 1 116 351
29.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 927 156
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.