Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
155,539 SAR
Social Security
- 13,999 SAR
Unemployment
- 1,555 SAR
Total tax
- 15,554 SAR
Net pay
* 139,985 SAR
Marginal tax rate
10.0%
Average tax rate
10.0%
90.0%
Net pay
10.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
139,985 SAR
Net pay
18,665 SAR
Tax the employer pays
15,554 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,219 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 18,665 SAR to pay you 155,539 SAR. In other words, every time you spend 10 SAR of your hard-earned money, 2.20 SAR goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 155,539 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 15,554 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 139,985 SAR per year, or 11,665 SAR per month. Your average tax rate is 10.0% and your marginal tax rate is 10.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 SAR in your salary will be taxed 10 SAR, hence, your net pay will only increase by 90 SAR.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 SAR bonus will generate an extra 900 SAR of net incomes. A 5,000 SAR bonus will generate an extra 4,500 SAR of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SAR 124001
20.3%
1
Canada
SAR 112231
27.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SAR 141791
8.8%
1
Taiwan
SAR 136749
12.1%
2
Thailand
SAR 130499
16.1%
3
South Korea
SAR 126512
18.7%
4
Australia
SAR 125310
19.4%
5
Kazakhstan
SAR 125005
19.6%
6
New Zealand
SAR 122307
21.4%
7
Singapore
SAR 119880
22.9%
8
Indonesia
SAR 118906
23.6%
9
Pakistan
SAR 117708
24.3%
10
Japan
SAR 116631
25.0%
11
Malaysia
SAR 114676
26.3%
12
Philippines
SAR 112434
27.7%
13
Vietnam
SAR 107797
30.7%
14
China
SAR 102603
34.0%
15
India
SAR 97027
37.6%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 114367
26.5%
1
Angola
SAR 113804
26.8%
2
Kenya
SAR 110776
28.8%
3
Mozambique
SAR 109390
29.7%
4
Ghana
SAR 106628
31.5%
5
Nigeria
SAR 106263
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
SAR 104310
32.9%
7
Morocco
SAR 102725
34.0%
8
Cameroon
SAR 99319
36.2%
9
Uganda
SAR 98938
36.4%
10
Senegal
SAR 97611
37.2%
11
Zambia
SAR 96751
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 147762
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 147762
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 143096
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 143096
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 139985
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 138430
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 124421
20.0%
7
Egypt
SAR 117690
24.3%
8
Lebanon
SAR 117364
24.5%
9
Turkey
SAR 91306
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Saudi Arabia, 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.