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 126 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 6 255
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1 260
Total tax
- R 7 515
Net pay
* R 118 485
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
6.0%
94.0%
Net pay
6.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 118 485
Net pay
R 2 520
Tax the employer pays
R 7 515
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 10 035
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 2 520 to pay you R 126 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.80 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
7.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6% tax rate now rises to 7.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 126 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 515. That means that your net pay will be R 118 485 per year, or R 9 874 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.0% 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 126 500
R 127 000
R 127 500
R 128 000
R 128 500
R 129 000
R 129 500
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R 130 500
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R 131 500
R 132 000
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R 133 000
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R 134 000
R 134 500
R 135 000
R 135 500
R 136 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 126 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
ZAR 126 000
0.0%
2
Norway
ZAR 120 911
4.0%
3
Spain
ZAR 117 999
6.4%
4
Switzerland
ZAR 116 941
7.2%
5
Austria
ZAR 114 642
9.0%
6
Italy
ZAR 114 421
9.2%
7
France
ZAR 113 778
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
ZAR 112 140
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
ZAR 112 068
11.1%
10
Russia
ZAR 109 620
13.0%
11
Hungary
ZAR 102 690
18.5%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 101 430
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 101 210
19.7%
14
Sweden
ZAR 100 250
20.4%
15
Poland
ZAR 98 940
21.5%
16
Greece
ZAR 98 470
21.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 93 445
25.8%
18
Finland
ZAR 87 255
30.8%
19
Belgium
ZAR 85 680
32.0%
20
Denmark
ZAR 83 678
33.6%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 79 292
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 73 710
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 115 154
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 98 585
21.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 126 000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 126 000
0.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 119 155
5.4%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 118 820
5.7%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 114 848
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 112 763
10.5%
6
South Korea
ZAR 111 308
11.7%
7
Malaysia
ZAR 111 184
11.8%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 111 019
11.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 110 630
12.2%
10
India
ZAR 104 151
17.3%
11
Japan
ZAR 102 386
18.7%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 102 268
18.8%
13
Singapore
ZAR 100 836
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 99 792
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 90 959
27.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 115 983
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 115 920
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 114 093
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 113 918
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 112 770
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 112 140
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 110 677
12.2%
7
Brazil
ZAR 110 521
12.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 110 250
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 103 824
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 100 674
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 81 775
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 118 485
6.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 107 720
14.5%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 99 837
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 99 517
21.0%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 99 502
21.0%
5
Kenya
ZAR 97 671
22.5%
6
Angola
ZAR 94 409
25.1%
7
Ghana
ZAR 94 039
25.4%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 87 945
30.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 87 199
30.8%
10
Senegal
ZAR 86 741
31.2%
11
Zambia
ZAR 86 186
31.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 119 700
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 119 700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 115 920
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 115 920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 113 400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 112 140
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 109 431
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 98 846
21.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 97 911
22.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 76 798
39.1%
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.