Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18,730 SAR
Social Security
- 1,068 SAR
Unemployment
- 119 SAR
Total tax
- 1,187 SAR
Net pay
* 17,543 SAR
Marginal tax rate
68.6%
Average tax rate
6.3%
93.7%
Net pay
6.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,543 SAR
Net pay
1,425 SAR
Tax the employer pays
1,187 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,612 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1,425 SAR to pay you 18,730 SAR. In other words, every time you spend 10 SAR of your hard-earned money, 1.39 SAR goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.3% tax rate now rises to 13.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,730 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 1,187 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 17,543 SAR per year, or 1,462 SAR per month. Your average tax rate is 6.3% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SAR 18730
0.0%
1
Germany
SAR 18730
0.0%
2
Austria
SAR 18730
0.0%
3
Ireland
SAR 18730
0.0%
4
Norway
SAR 18730
0.0%
5
Spain
SAR 17541
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SAR 17354
7.4%
7
Italy
SAR 17009
9.2%
8
France
SAR 16913
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SAR 16670
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SAR 16660
11.1%
11
Russia
SAR 16295
13.0%
12
Hungary
SAR 15265
18.5%
13
Sweden
SAR 15231
18.7%
14
Ukraine
SAR 15078
19.5%
15
Poland
SAR 14708
21.5%
16
Greece
SAR 14638
21.9%
17
Portugal
SAR 13944
25.6%
18
Finland
SAR 12971
30.8%
19
Belgium
SAR 12736
32.0%
20
Denmark
SAR 12374
33.9%
21
Netherlands
SAR 11785
37.1%
22
Romania
SAR 10957
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SAR 17108
8.7%
1
Canada
SAR 15312
18.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SAR 18730
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SAR 18730
0.0%
2
Pakistan
SAR 18171
3.0%
3
Thailand
SAR 17729
5.4%
4
Singapore
SAR 17620
5.9%
5
Philippines
SAR 17560
6.3%
6
Taiwan
SAR 17072
8.9%
7
Indonesia
SAR 16845
10.1%
8
South Korea
SAR 16621
11.3%
9
Malaysia
SAR 16514
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SAR 16503
11.9%
11
India
SAR 16482
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SAR 15532
17.1%
13
Japan
SAR 15220
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SAR 14834
20.8%
15
China
SAR 14080
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
SAR 18443
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
SAR 17241
8.0%
2
Brazil
SAR 17002
9.2%
3
Ecuador
SAR 16960
9.5%
4
Guatemala
SAR 16934
9.6%
5
Mexico
SAR 16849
10.0%
6
Costa Rica
SAR 16763
10.5%
7
Panama
SAR 16670
11.0%
8
Peru
SAR 16389
12.5%
9
Chile
SAR 15434
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SAR 14965
20.1%
11
Argentina
SAR 12168
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 18493
1.3%
1
Morocco
SAR 16847
10.1%
2
Cameroon
SAR 15460
17.5%
3
Ivory Coast
SAR 15325
18.2%
4
Kenya
SAR 15132
19.2%
5
Mozambique
SAR 15008
19.9%
6
Ghana
SAR 14260
23.9%
7
Angola
SAR 14148
24.5%
8
Zambia
SAR 13701
26.9%
9
Senegal
SAR 13306
29.0%
10
Uganda
SAR 13276
29.1%
11
Nigeria
SAR 13206
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 17793
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 17793
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
SAR 17543
6.3%
3
Bahrain
SAR 17232
8.0%
4
Oman
SAR 17232
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 16670
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 16267
13.2%
7
Egypt
SAR 14764
21.2%
8
Lebanon
SAR 14757
21.2%
9
Turkey
SAR 11619
38.0%
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.