Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
22,389 SAR
Social Security
- 2,015 SAR
Unemployment
- 224 SAR
Total tax
- 2,239 SAR
Net pay
* 20,150 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
20,150 SAR
Net pay
2,687 SAR
Tax the employer pays
2,239 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4,926 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2,687 SAR to pay you 22,389 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 22,389 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 2,239 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 20,150 SAR per year, or 1,679 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SAR 20450
8.7%
1
Canada
SAR 17853
20.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SAR 20609
8.0%
1
Colombia
SAR 20598
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SAR 20273
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SAR 20242
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SAR 20038
10.5%
5
Brazil
SAR 20003
10.7%
6
Mexico
SAR 19952
10.9%
7
Panama
SAR 19926
11.0%
8
Peru
SAR 19590
12.5%
9
Chile
SAR 18449
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SAR 17889
20.1%
11
Argentina
SAR 14527
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 21270
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 21270
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 20598
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 20598
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 20150
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 19926
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 19445
13.2%
7
Egypt
SAR 17600
21.4%
8
Lebanon
SAR 17501
21.8%
9
Turkey
SAR 13750
38.6%
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.