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 37 729 952
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 16 797 025
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 16 799 151
Net pay
* R 20 930 801
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.5%
55.5%
Net pay
44.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 20 930 801
Net pay
R 379 425
Tax the employer pays
R 16 799 151
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 17 178 576
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 379 425 to pay you R 37 729 952. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.55 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.5% tax rate now rises to 45.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 37 729 952 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 16 799 151. That means that your net pay will be R 20 930 801 per year, or R 1 744 233 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.5% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 20 742 908
45.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 17 955 112
52.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 33 408 066
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 27 364 339
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 25 530 607
32.3%
3
Panama
ZAR 25 304 703
32.9%
4
Mexico
ZAR 24 611 454
34.8%
5
Argentina
ZAR 24 524 343
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 24 494 999
35.1%
7
Colombia
ZAR 23 439 677
37.9%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 23 407 926
38.0%
9
Peru
ZAR 23 251 740
38.4%
10
Chile
ZAR 23 077 964
38.8%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 21 769 667
42.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 37 538 649
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 37 470 291
0.7%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 37 191 632
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 35 843 454
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 35 843 454
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 34 711 556
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 28 302 444
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 28 300 875
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 21 977 755
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 19 306 568
48.8%
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.