Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
155,769 SAR
Social Security
- 14,019 SAR
Unemployment
- 1,558 SAR
Total tax
- 15,577 SAR
Net pay
* 140,192 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
140,192 SAR
Net pay
18,692 SAR
Tax the employer pays
15,577 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,269 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 18,692 SAR to pay you 155,769 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 155,769 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 15,577 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 140,192 SAR per year, or 11,683 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 124172
20.3%
1
Canada
SAR 112380
27.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SAR 140755
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SAR 132725
14.8%
2
Costa Rica
SAR 131655
15.5%
3
Chile
SAR 127530
18.1%
4
Ecuador
SAR 127404
18.2%
5
Panama
SAR 124029
20.4%
6
Colombia
SAR 121606
21.9%
7
Peru
SAR 117252
24.7%
8
Mexico
SAR 115329
26.0%
9
Brazil
SAR 115038
26.2%
10
Uruguay
SAR 108234
30.5%
11
Argentina
SAR 101224
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 114508
26.5%
1
Angola
SAR 113971
26.8%
2
Kenya
SAR 110937
28.8%
3
Mozambique
SAR 109539
29.7%
4
Ghana
SAR 106780
31.5%
5
Nigeria
SAR 106420
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
SAR 104452
32.9%
7
Morocco
SAR 102864
34.0%
8
Cameroon
SAR 99459
36.2%
9
Uganda
SAR 99064
36.4%
10
Senegal
SAR 97749
37.3%
11
Zambia
SAR 96892
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 147981
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 147981
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 143307
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 143308
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 140192
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 138634
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 124583
20.0%
7
Egypt
SAR 117862
24.3%
8
Lebanon
SAR 117536
24.5%
9
Turkey
SAR 91440
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.