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 47 486
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 475
Total tax
- R 475
Net pay
* R 47 011
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 47 011
Net pay
R 950
Tax the employer pays
R 475
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 425
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 950 to pay you R 47 486. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, 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 47 486 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 475. That means that your net pay will be R 47 011 per year, or R 3 918 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 47 500
R 48 000
R 48 500
R 49 000
R 49 500
R 50 000
R 50 500
R 51 000
R 51 500
R 52 000
R 52 500
R 53 000
R 53 500
R 54 000
R 54 500
R 55 000
R 55 500
R 56 000
R 56 500
R 57 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 43 373
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 42 013
11.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 46 276
2.6%
1
Brazil
ZAR 43 861
7.6%
2
Colombia
ZAR 45 679
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 43 711
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 42 999
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 42 933
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 42 500
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 42 262
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 41 550
12.5%
9
Argentina
ZAR 39 413
17.0%
10
Chile
ZAR 39 128
17.6%
11
Uruguay
ZAR 38 891
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 47 011
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 44 285
6.7%
2
Zambia
ZAR 41 239
13.2%
3
Kenya
ZAR 40 996
13.7%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 40 888
13.9%
5
Cameroon
ZAR 40 065
15.6%
6
Mozambique
ZAR 39 299
17.2%
7
Ghana
ZAR 38 178
19.6%
8
Senegal
ZAR 36 979
22.1%
9
Angola
ZAR 36 609
22.9%
10
Uganda
ZAR 36 277
23.6%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 34 540
27.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 47 486
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 45 112
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 45 112
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 43 687
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 43 687
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 42 263
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 41 242
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 39 025
17.8%
8
Egypt
ZAR 37 236
21.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 31 071
34.6%
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.