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 8 947 848
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 3 845 079
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 3 847 204
Net pay
* R 5 100 644
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.0%
57.0%
Net pay
43.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 5 100 644
Net pay
R 91 604
Tax the employer pays
R 3 847 204
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 3 938 808
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 91 604 to pay you R 8 947 848. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.40 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43% tax rate now rises to 43.6%, 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 8 947 848 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 847 204. That means that your net pay will be R 5 100 644 per year, or R 425 054 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.0% 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 5 381 269
39.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 4 579 953
48.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 7 933 573
11.3%
1
Brazil
ZAR 6 497 313
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 6 210 619
30.6%
3
Panama
ZAR 6 092 648
31.9%
4
Uruguay
ZAR 5 926 827
33.8%
5
Mexico
ZAR 5 903 087
34.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 5 887 369
34.2%
7
Colombia
ZAR 5 883 283
34.3%
8
Argentina
ZAR 5 815 976
35.0%
9
Chile
ZAR 5 808 701
35.1%
10
Peru
ZAR 5 622 701
37.2%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 5 350 484
40.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 6 512 682
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 6 272 626
29.9%
2
Nigeria
ZAR 6 088 566
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 6 083 860
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 5 936 979
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 5 855 961
34.6%
6
Zambia
ZAR 5 508 190
38.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 5 470 110
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 5 463 016
39.0%
9
Senegal
ZAR 5 389 325
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 5 100 644
43.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 4 985 709
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 8 756 544
2.1%
1
Bahrain
ZAR 8 697 349
2.8%
2
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 8 688 187
2.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 8 500 456
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 8 500 456
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 8 232 020
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 6 715 866
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 6 714 297
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 5 214 770
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 4 915 516
45.1%
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.