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 42 663 858
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 19 017 283
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 19 019 409
Net pay
* R 23 644 449
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.6%
55.4%
Net pay
44.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 23 644 449
Net pay
R 428 764
Tax the employer pays
R 19 019 409
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 19 448 173
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 428 764 to pay you R 42 663 858. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.56 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.6% tax rate now rises to 45.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 42 663 858 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 19 019 409. That means that your net pay will be R 23 644 449 per year, or R 1 970 371 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.6% 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 23 372 679
45.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 20 247 918
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 38 274 783
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 35 470 214
16.9%
2
Singapore
ZAR 33 432 354
21.6%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 28 907 811
32.2%
4
Thailand
ZAR 27 980 237
34.4%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 27 812 145
34.8%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 27 761 110
34.9%
7
Philippines
ZAR 26 614 086
37.6%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 26 217 082
38.6%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 26 052 971
38.9%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 25 521 954
40.2%
11
China
ZAR 23 977 631
43.8%
12
Japan
ZAR 23 469 527
45.0%
13
Australia
ZAR 22 958 543
46.2%
14
South Korea
ZAR 22 795 831
46.6%
15
India
ZAR 8 845 814
79.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 31 041 079
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 29 873 833
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 29 089 137
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 29 022 196
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 28 240 119
33.8%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 27 771 367
34.9%
6
Zambia
ZAR 26 243 536
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 25 998 103
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 25 894 513
39.3%
9
Senegal
ZAR 25 618 931
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 23 644 449
44.6%
11
Uganda
ZAR 23 529 515
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 42 472 554
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 42 404 197
0.6%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 42 076 199
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 40 530 665
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 40 530 665
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 39 250 749
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 32 002 874
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 32 001 304
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 24 851 311
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 21 773 521
49.0%
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.