Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17,009 SAR
Social Security
- 5.56 SAR
Unemployment
- 0.62 SAR
Total tax
- 6.18 SAR
Net pay
* 17,003 SAR
Marginal tax rate
68.6%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,003 SAR
Net pay
7.41 SAR
Tax the employer pays
6.18 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13.59 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 7.41 SAR to pay you 17,009 SAR. In other words, every time you spend 10 SAR of your hard-earned money, 0.01 SAR goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 17,009 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 6.18 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 17,003 SAR per year, or 1,417 SAR per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% and your marginal tax rate is 68.6%. 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 68.62 SAR, hence, your net pay will only increase by 31.38 SAR.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 SAR bonus will generate an extra 314 SAR of net incomes. A 5,000 SAR bonus will generate an extra 1,569 SAR of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SAR 15536
8.7%
1
Canada
SAR 14117
17.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SAR 17009
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SAR 17009
0.0%
2
Singapore
SAR 16911
0.6%
3
Pakistan
SAR 16665
2.0%
4
Philippines
SAR 16167
5.0%
5
Thailand
SAR 16137
5.1%
6
Taiwan
SAR 15504
8.9%
7
Indonesia
SAR 15426
9.3%
8
South Korea
SAR 15118
11.1%
9
Malaysia
SAR 15000
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SAR 14987
11.9%
11
India
SAR 14968
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SAR 14145
16.8%
13
Japan
SAR 13821
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SAR 13471
20.8%
15
China
SAR 12787
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
SAR 16860
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
SAR 15657
8.0%
2
Mexico
SAR 15652
8.0%
3
Brazil
SAR 15566
8.5%
4
Ecuador
SAR 15402
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SAR 15378
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SAR 15223
10.5%
7
Panama
SAR 15138
11.0%
8
Peru
SAR 14883
12.5%
9
Chile
SAR 14015
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SAR 13590
20.1%
11
Argentina
SAR 11199
34.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 16835
1.0%
1
Morocco
SAR 15411
9.4%
2
Cameroon
SAR 14135
16.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SAR 14078
17.2%
4
Kenya
SAR 13938
18.1%
5
Mozambique
SAR 13683
19.6%
6
Ghana
SAR 13040
23.3%
7
Angola
SAR 12880
24.3%
8
Zambia
SAR 12729
25.2%
9
Senegal
SAR 12198
28.3%
10
Uganda
SAR 12158
28.5%
11
Nigeria
SAR 12035
29.2%
12
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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.