Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
168,333 SAR
Social Security
- 15,150 SAR
Unemployment
- 1,683 SAR
Total tax
- 16,833 SAR
Net pay
* 151,500 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
151,500 SAR
Net pay
20,200 SAR
Tax the employer pays
16,833 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,033 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 20,200 SAR to pay you 168,333 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 168,333 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 16,833 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 151,500 SAR per year, or 12,625 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 133468
20.7%
1
Canada
SAR 120575
28.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SAR 151900
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
SAR 142569
15.3%
2
Costa Rica
SAR 141213
16.1%
3
Chile
SAR 138426
17.8%
4
Ecuador
SAR 136505
18.9%
5
Panama
SAR 133534
20.7%
6
Colombia
SAR 130205
22.7%
7
Peru
SAR 126377
24.9%
8
Brazil
SAR 124147
26.3%
9
Mexico
SAR 123769
26.5%
10
Uruguay
SAR 115863
31.2%
11
Argentina
SAR 109390
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SAR 123112
26.9%
1
South Africa
SAR 122172
27.4%
2
Kenya
SAR 119732
28.9%
3
Mozambique
SAR 117706
30.1%
4
Ghana
SAR 115091
31.6%
5
Nigeria
SAR 114966
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
SAR 112233
33.3%
7
Morocco
SAR 110478
34.4%
8
Cameroon
SAR 107109
36.4%
9
Uganda
SAR 105975
37.0%
10
Senegal
SAR 105287
37.5%
11
Zambia
SAR 104619
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 159916
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 159916
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 154866
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 154866
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 151500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 149816
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 133428
20.7%
7
Egypt
SAR 127285
24.4%
8
Lebanon
SAR 126959
24.6%
9
Turkey
SAR 98757
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.