Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
238,164 SAR
Social Security
- 21,435 SAR
Unemployment
- 2,382 SAR
Total tax
- 23,816 SAR
Net pay
* 214,348 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
214,348 SAR
Net pay
28,580 SAR
Tax the employer pays
23,816 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,396 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 28,580 SAR to pay you 238,164 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 238,164 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 23,816 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 214,348 SAR per year, or 17,862 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 181877
23.6%
1
Canada
SAR 168468
29.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SAR 209990
11.8%
1
Taiwan
SAR 201568
15.4%
2
Kazakhstan
SAR 191932
19.4%
3
Thailand
SAR 191404
19.6%
4
Singapore
SAR 186776
21.6%
5
South Korea
SAR 186611
21.7%
6
Australia
SAR 179430
24.7%
7
New Zealand
SAR 176542
25.9%
8
Japan
SAR 175240
26.4%
9
Indonesia
SAR 174941
26.6%
10
Pakistan
SAR 171576
28.0%
11
China
SAR 169265
28.9%
12
Malaysia
SAR 168347
29.3%
13
Philippines
SAR 166416
30.1%
14
Vietnam
SAR 160963
32.4%
15
India
SAR 137598
42.2%
16
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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.