Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
27,918 SAR
Social Security
- 2,513 SAR
Unemployment
- 279 SAR
Total tax
- 2,792 SAR
Net pay
* 25,126 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
25,126 SAR
Net pay
3,350 SAR
Tax the employer pays
2,792 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
6,142 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,350 SAR to pay you 27,918 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 27,918 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 2,792 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 25,126 SAR per year, or 2,094 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SAR 27918
0.0%
1
Ireland
SAR 27918
0.0%
2
Norway
SAR 26431
5.3%
3
Spain
SAR 26145
6.4%
4
Switzerland
SAR 25917
7.2%
5
Italy
SAR 25352
9.2%
6
France
SAR 25210
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
SAR 24847
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
SAR 24830
11.1%
9
Russia
SAR 24289
13.0%
10
Austria
SAR 23758
14.9%
11
Hungary
SAR 22753
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SAR 22474
19.5%
13
Germany
SAR 22425
19.7%
14
Sweden
SAR 22139
20.7%
15
Poland
SAR 21922
21.5%
16
Greece
SAR 21818
21.9%
17
Portugal
SAR 20653
26.0%
18
Finland
SAR 19333
30.8%
19
Belgium
SAR 18984
32.0%
20
Denmark
SAR 18556
33.5%
21
Netherlands
SAR 17568
37.1%
22
Romania
SAR 16332
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SAR 25484
8.7%
1
Canada
SAR 21704
22.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SAR 27918
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SAR 27918
0.0%
2
Thailand
SAR 26409
5.4%
3
Pakistan
SAR 26211
6.1%
4
Taiwan
SAR 25447
8.9%
5
Philippines
SAR 24739
11.4%
6
South Korea
SAR 24645
11.7%
7
Malaysia
SAR 24636
11.8%
8
New Zealand
SAR 24599
11.9%
9
Indonesia
SAR 24421
12.5%
10
India
SAR 22812
18.3%
11
Japan
SAR 22686
18.7%
12
Vietnam
SAR 22572
19.2%
13
Singapore
SAR 22356
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
SAR 22111
20.8%
15
China
SAR 20034
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SAR 25699
8.0%
1
Colombia
SAR 25685
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SAR 25280
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SAR 25241
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SAR 24987
10.5%
5
Panama
SAR 24847
11.0%
6
Peru
SAR 24428
12.5%
7
Mexico
SAR 24374
12.7%
8
Brazil
SAR 24265
13.1%
9
Chile
SAR 23004
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SAR 22306
20.1%
11
Argentina
SAR 18121
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 26029
6.8%
1
Morocco
SAR 23552
15.6%
2
Mozambique
SAR 22073
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SAR 21886
21.6%
4
Cameroon
SAR 21871
21.7%
5
Kenya
SAR 21496
23.0%
6
Angola
SAR 20889
25.2%
7
Ghana
SAR 20772
25.6%
8
Nigeria
SAR 19456
30.3%
9
Uganda
SAR 19249
31.1%
10
Senegal
SAR 19140
31.4%
11
Zambia
SAR 18892
32.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 26522
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 26522
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 25685
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 25685
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 25126
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 24847
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 24247
13.2%
7
Egypt
SAR 21884
21.6%
8
Lebanon
SAR 21648
22.5%
9
Turkey
SAR 16889
39.5%
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.