Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72,176 SAR
Social Security
- 6,496 SAR
Unemployment
- 722 SAR
Total tax
- 7,218 SAR
Net pay
* 64,958 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
64,958 SAR
Net pay
8,661 SAR
Tax the employer pays
7,218 SAR
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,879 SAR
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 8,661 SAR to pay you 72,176 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 72,176 SAR a year living in Saudi Arabia, you will be taxed 7,218 SAR. That means that your net pay will be 64,958 SAR per year, or 5,413 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.
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SAR 70506
2.3%
1
United Kingdom
SAR 68319
5.3%
2
Switzerland
SAR 66543
7.8%
3
Russia
SAR 62793
13.0%
4
France
SAR 62520
13.4%
5
Norway
SAR 62049
14.0%
6
Austria
SAR 60938
15.6%
7
Luxembourg
SAR 60860
15.7%
8
Spain
SAR 59981
16.9%
9
Hungary
SAR 58823
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
SAR 58263
19.3%
11
Ukraine
SAR 58102
19.5%
12
Italy
SAR 56323
22.0%
13
Germany
SAR 55616
22.9%
14
Greece
SAR 53537
25.8%
15
Sweden
SAR 53204
26.3%
16
Poland
SAR 50759
29.7%
17
Finland
SAR 48480
32.8%
18
Portugal
SAR 48436
32.9%
19
Denmark
SAR 48332
33.0%
20
Belgium
SAR 46558
35.5%
21
Netherlands
SAR 45419
37.1%
22
Romania
SAR 42223
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SAR 61973
14.1%
1
Canada
SAR 53645
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SAR 68471
5.1%
1
Thailand
SAR 65652
9.0%
2
Australia
SAR 65620
9.1%
3
Taiwan
SAR 65447
9.3%
4
South Korea
SAR 61916
14.2%
5
Pakistan
SAR 60775
15.8%
6
New Zealand
SAR 60731
15.9%
7
Indonesia
SAR 59857
17.1%
8
Malaysia
SAR 59618
17.4%
9
Japan
SAR 57921
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
SAR 57481
20.4%
11
Singapore
SAR 57439
20.4%
12
Philippines
SAR 56836
21.3%
13
Vietnam
SAR 54228
24.9%
14
China
SAR 50904
29.5%
15
India
SAR 49676
31.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SAR 65255
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SAR 64788
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
SAR 64598
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SAR 63652
11.8%
4
Colombia
SAR 62482
13.4%
5
Panama
SAR 60791
15.8%
6
Chile
SAR 58554
18.9%
7
Mexico
SAR 57736
20.0%
8
Peru
SAR 55687
22.9%
9
Brazil
SAR 54433
24.6%
10
Uruguay
SAR 53703
25.6%
11
Argentina
SAR 46888
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SAR 60143
16.7%
1
Mozambique
SAR 54034
25.1%
2
Angola
SAR 53157
26.4%
3
Kenya
SAR 52422
27.4%
4
Morocco
SAR 52103
27.8%
5
Ivory Coast
SAR 51566
28.6%
6
Ghana
SAR 51483
28.7%
7
Nigeria
SAR 49560
31.3%
8
Cameroon
SAR 48564
32.7%
9
Uganda
SAR 48016
33.5%
10
Senegal
SAR 47337
34.4%
11
Zambia
SAR 45483
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SAR 68567
5.0%
1
Qatar
SAR 68567
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SAR 66402
8.0%
3
Oman
SAR 66402
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SAR 64958
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SAR 64237
11.0%
6
Israel
SAR 62683
13.2%
7
Egypt
SAR 55168
23.6%
8
Lebanon
SAR 54841
24.0%
9
Turkey
SAR 41556
42.4%
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.