Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
246,480 SAR
Social Security
- 22,183 SAR
Unemployment
- 2,465 SAR
Total tax
- 24,648 SAR
Net pay
* 221,832 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
221,832 SAR
Net pay
29,578 SAR
Tax the employer pays
24,648 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
54,226 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 29,578 SAR to pay you 246,480 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 246,480 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 24,648 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 221,832 SAR per year, or 18,486 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 187198
24.1%
1
Canada
SAR 174040
29.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SAR 216892
12.0%
1
Taiwan
SAR 208105
15.6%
2
Kazakhstan
SAR 198667
19.4%
3
Thailand
SAR 197225
20.0%
4
Singapore
SAR 194135
21.2%
5
South Korea
SAR 192546
21.9%
6
Australia
SAR 184877
25.0%
7
New Zealand
SAR 181999
26.2%
8
Japan
SAR 180982
26.6%
9
Indonesia
SAR 180563
26.7%
10
Pakistan
SAR 176982
28.2%
11
China
SAR 175502
28.8%
12
Malaysia
SAR 173713
29.5%
13
Philippines
SAR 171849
30.3%
14
Vietnam
SAR 166368
32.5%
15
India
SAR 141859
42.5%
16
Show more
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SAR 221067
10.3%
1
Chile
SAR 202612
17.8%
2
Costa Rica
SAR 199447
19.1%
3
Puerto Rico
SAR 195096
20.9%
4
Panama
SAR 189473
23.1%
5
Ecuador
SAR 188273
23.6%
6
Brazil
SAR 180803
26.7%
7
Peru
SAR 180530
26.8%
8
Colombia
SAR 180431
26.8%
9
Uruguay
SAR 179521
27.2%
10
Mexico
SAR 174803
29.1%
11
Argentina
SAR 160186
35.0%
12
Show more
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SAR 179964
27.0%
1
Kenya
SAR 174435
29.2%
2
Mozambique
SAR 168501
31.6%
3
South Africa
SAR 168312
31.7%
4
Nigeria
SAR 168122
31.8%
5
Ghana
SAR 166785
32.3%
6
Ivory Coast
SAR 163712
33.6%
7
Morocco
SAR 157834
36.0%
8
Cameroon
SAR 154689
37.2%
9
Zambia
SAR 152680
38.1%
10
Senegal
SAR 152175
38.3%
11
Uganda
SAR 148955
39.6%
12
Show more
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 234156
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 234156
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 226762
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 226762
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 221832
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 220029
10.7%
6
Egypt
SAR 185896
24.6%
7
Lebanon
SAR 185569
24.7%
8
Israel
SAR 183507
25.6%
9
Turkey
SAR 144271
41.5%
10
Show more
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.