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 939 380
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 272 957
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 275 082
Net pay
* R 664 298
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
29.3%
70.7%
Net pay
29.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 664 298
Net pay
R 11 519
Tax the employer pays
R 275 082
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 286 601
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 11 519 to pay you R 939 380. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.05 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.3% tax rate now rises to 30.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 939 380 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 275 082. That means that your net pay will be R 664 298 per year, or R 55 358 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.3% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 737 729
21.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 668 762
28.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 838 897
10.7%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 807 767
14.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 771 110
17.9%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 756 179
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 750 416
20.1%
5
Australia
ZAR 727 968
22.5%
6
Singapore
ZAR 716 220
23.8%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 713 859
24.0%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 701 769
25.3%
9
Japan
ZAR 692 887
26.2%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 691 234
26.4%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 675 876
28.1%
12
Philippines
ZAR 665 736
29.1%
13
China
ZAR 642 241
31.6%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 640 199
31.9%
15
India
ZAR 575 308
38.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 845 430
10.0%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 777 884
17.2%
2
Chile
ZAR 777 522
17.2%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 773 445
17.7%
4
Panama
ZAR 740 405
21.2%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 736 559
21.6%
6
Colombia
ZAR 710 644
24.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 700 540
25.4%
8
Brazil
ZAR 691 174
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 680 957
27.5%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 636 039
32.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 610 472
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 686 522
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 666 698
29.0%
2
South Africa
ZAR 664 298
29.3%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 650 456
30.8%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 641 206
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 639 377
31.9%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 620 830
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 609 980
35.1%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 594 154
36.8%
9
Senegal
ZAR 584 245
37.8%
10
Zambia
ZAR 582 982
37.9%
11
Uganda
ZAR 581 052
38.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 892 411
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 892 411
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 864 230
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 864 230
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 845 442
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 836 048
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 731 938
22.1%
7
Egypt
ZAR 709 515
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 707 946
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 550 558
41.4%
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.