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PAYE calculator

Take-home pay after PAYE, the AIDS levy and NSSA, in US dollars or ZiG. Start from your salary, or from what you want to take home.

2025 tax tables, USD and ZiGzimra.co.zw
What do you know?
US$a month

Worked out on the monthly table. Paid weekly or daily? The tables for every pay period are further down.

Take-home pay each monthUS$598.55
Salary before taxUS$800.00
PAYEUS$165.00
AIDS levy, 3% of the PAYEUS$4.95
NSSA, 4.5% of up to US$700US$31.50
Total taken offUS$201.45

How the PAYE is worked out

Each slice of the salary is taxed at its own rate, and only the part inside a band pays that band's rate. The bands this salary reaches are shaded.

Monthly bandRateTaxed in this bandTax
US$0.00 to US$100.000%US$100.00US$0.00
US$100.00 to US$300.0020%US$200.00US$40.00
US$300.00 to US$1,000.0025%US$500.00US$125.00
US$1,000.00 to US$2,000.0030%
US$2,000.00 to US$3,000.0035%
Over US$3,000.0040%
The other two deductionsThe AIDS levy and NSSA, on top of the PAYE.
3%AIDS levy, of the PAYE4.5%NSSA, of the salaryUS$31.50most NSSA takes a month

The AIDS levy is 3% of the PAYE, not of the salary. NSSA takes 4.5% of the salary, but only on the first US$700.00 a month, so it never passes US$31.50.

What this leaves outYour real take-home can be higher, never lower.
  • Tax credits for the elderly, the blind and medical costs. Your real take-home can be higher, never lower.
  • The NSSA cap on ZiG salaries, which moves with the exchange rate. The ZiG figure takes 4.5% with no cap.
  • Pension, medical aid and union deductions your employer makes.

A quicker way to work it out

Multiply the whole salary by the band's rate, then take off a fixed amount. It gives the same answer. For example, US$1,800.00 × 30% less US$85.00 is US$455.00.

If the monthly salary is (US$)Multiply byThen deduct (US$)
0.00 to 100.000%
100.01 to 300.0020%20.00
300.01 to 1,000.0025%35.00
1,000.01 to 2,000.0030%85.00
2,000.01 to 3,000.0035%185.00
3,000.01 and above40%335.00