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 115 848
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 428
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1 158
Total tax
- R 5 586
Net pay
* R 110 262
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 110 262
Net pay
R 2 317
Tax the employer pays
R 5 586
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 903
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 2 317 to pay you R 115 848. 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 115 848 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 586. That means that your net pay will be R 110 262 per year, or R 9 188 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.
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Tax per income
R 115 500
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R 118 000
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R 121 000
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R 122 000
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R 123 000
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R 125 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 105 843
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 91 535
21.0%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 110 056
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 110 056
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 106 580
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 106 580
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 104 263
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 103 105
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 100 614
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 90 978
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 90 297
22.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 70 886
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.