Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26,827 SAR
Social Security
- 2,414 SAR
Unemployment
- 268 SAR
Total tax
- 2,683 SAR
Net pay
* 24,144 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
24,144 SAR
Net pay
3,219 SAR
Tax the employer pays
2,683 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
5,902 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,219 SAR to pay you 26,827 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 26,827 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 2,683 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 24,144 SAR per year, or 2,012 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 24508
8.7%
1
Canada
SAR 20935
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SAR 26827
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SAR 26827
0.0%
2
Thailand
SAR 25372
5.4%
3
Pakistan
SAR 25256
5.9%
4
Taiwan
SAR 24453
8.9%
5
Philippines
SAR 23919
10.8%
6
South Korea
SAR 23693
11.7%
7
Malaysia
SAR 23673
11.8%
8
New Zealand
SAR 23637
11.9%
9
Indonesia
SAR 23521
12.3%
10
India
SAR 22079
17.7%
11
Japan
SAR 21799
18.7%
12
Vietnam
SAR 21742
19.0%
13
Singapore
SAR 21474
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
SAR 21247
20.8%
15
China
SAR 19273
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SAR 24694
8.0%
1
Colombia
SAR 24681
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SAR 24292
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SAR 24255
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SAR 24010
10.5%
5
Panama
SAR 23876
11.0%
6
Mexico
SAR 23513
12.4%
7
Peru
SAR 23474
12.5%
8
Brazil
SAR 23450
12.6%
9
Chile
SAR 22105
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SAR 21435
20.1%
11
Argentina
SAR 17411
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 25146
6.3%
1
Morocco
SAR 22820
14.9%
2
Mozambique
SAR 21243
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
SAR 21134
21.2%
4
Cameroon
SAR 21121
21.3%
5
Kenya
SAR 20743
22.7%
6
Angola
SAR 20090
25.1%
7
Ghana
SAR 19999
25.5%
8
Nigeria
SAR 18714
30.2%
9
Uganda
SAR 18540
30.9%
10
Senegal
SAR 18440
31.3%
11
Zambia
SAR 18276
31.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 25486
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 25486
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 24681
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 24681
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 24144
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 23876
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 23299
13.2%
7
Egypt
SAR 21040
21.6%
8
Lebanon
SAR 20830
22.4%
9
Turkey
SAR 16324
39.2%
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.