Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,856 บาท
Social Security Fund
- 643 บาท
Total tax
- 643 บาท
Net pay
* 12,213 บาท
Marginal tax rate
5.0%
Average tax rate
5.0%
95.0%
Net pay
5.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,213 บาท
Net pay
643 บาท
Tax the employer pays
643 บาท
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,286 บาท
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 643 บาท to pay you 12,856 บาท. In other words, every time you spend 10 บาท of your hard-earned money, 1 บาท goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5% tax rate now rises to 9.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,856 บาท a year living in Thailand, you will be taxed 643 บาท. That means that your net pay will be 12,213 บาท per year, or 1,018 บาท per month. Your average tax rate is 5.0% and your marginal tax rate is 5.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 บาท in your salary will be taxed 5 บาท, hence, your net pay will only increase by 95 บาท.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 บาท bonus will generate an extra 950 บาท of net incomes. A 5,000 บาท bonus will generate an extra 4,750 บาท of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
THB 12653
1.6%
1
USA
THB 11743
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
THB 12551
2.4%
1
Brazil
THB 11892
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
THB 11834
8.0%
3
Colombia
THB 11828
8.0%
4
Ecuador
THB 11641
9.5%
5
Guatemala
THB 11623
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
THB 11506
10.5%
7
Panama
THB 11442
11.0%
8
Peru
THB 11249
12.5%
9
Argentina
THB 10670
17.0%
10
Chile
THB 10593
17.6%
11
Uruguay
THB 10529
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
THB 12856
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
THB 12213
5.0%
2
Qatar
THB 12213
5.0%
3
Egypt
THB 11844
7.9%
4
Bahrain
THB 11828
8.0%
5
Oman
THB 11828
8.0%
6
Lebanon
THB 11536
10.3%
7
Kuwait
THB 11442
11.0%
8
Israel
THB 11165
13.2%
9
Turkey
THB 10830
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Thailand, 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.