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 946 320
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 275 802
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 277 928
Net pay
* R 668 392
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
29.4%
70.6%
Net pay
29.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 668 392
Net pay
R 11 589
Tax the employer pays
R 277 928
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 289 516
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 11 589 to pay you R 946 320. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.06 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.4% tax rate now rises to 30.2%, 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 946 320 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 277 928. That means that your net pay will be R 668 392 per year, or R 55 699 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.4% 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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Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 742 826
21.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 673 436
28.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 844 657
10.7%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 813 211
14.1%
2
Thailand
ZAR 776 315
18.0%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 761 800
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 755 369
20.2%
5
Australia
ZAR 732 514
22.6%
6
Singapore
ZAR 721 469
23.8%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 718 412
24.1%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 706 481
25.3%
9
Japan
ZAR 698 040
26.2%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 695 745
26.5%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 680 427
28.1%
12
Philippines
ZAR 670 270
29.2%
13
China
ZAR 650 939
31.2%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 644 710
31.9%
15
India
ZAR 579 250
38.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 851 573
10.0%
1
Chile
ZAR 783 525
17.2%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 783 164
17.2%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 778 119
17.8%
4
Panama
ZAR 745 656
21.2%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 741 272
21.7%
6
Colombia
ZAR 714 937
24.5%
7
Peru
ZAR 705 398
25.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 696 205
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 685 484
27.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 640 254
32.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 614 983
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 691 571
26.9%
1
Kenya
ZAR 671 556
29.0%
2
South Africa
ZAR 668 392
29.4%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 654 967
30.8%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 645 927
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 643 968
32.0%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 625 269
33.9%
7
Morocco
ZAR 614 186
35.1%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 598 380
36.8%
9
Senegal
ZAR 588 409
37.8%
10
Zambia
ZAR 587 250
37.9%
11
Uganda
ZAR 584 869
38.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 899 004
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 899 004
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 870 615
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 870 614
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 851 688
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 842 225
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 736 501
22.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 714 720
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 713 151
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 554 600
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.