Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,187 SAR
Social Security
- 4,337 SAR
Unemployment
- 482 SAR
Total tax
- 4,819 SAR
Net pay
* 43,368 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
43,368 SAR
Net pay
5,782 SAR
Tax the employer pays
4,819 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10,601 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5,782 SAR to pay you 48,187 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 48,187 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 4,819 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 43,368 SAR per year, or 3,614 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 43306
10.1%
1
Canada
SAR 36669
23.9%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 45778
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 45778
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 44332
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 44332
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 43368
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 42886
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 41850
13.2%
7
Egypt
SAR 37176
22.9%
8
Lebanon
SAR 36850
23.5%
9
Turkey
SAR 26905
44.2%
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.