Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17,585 บาท
Social Security Fund
- 879 บาท
Total tax
- 879 บาท
Net pay
* 16,706 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
16,706 บาท
Net pay
879 บาท
Tax the employer pays
879 บาท
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,759 บาท
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 879 บาท to pay you 17,585 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 17,585 บาท a year living in Thailand, you will be taxed 879 บาท. That means that your net pay will be 16,706 บาท per year, or 1,392 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
THB 17307
1.6%
1
USA
THB 16062
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
THB 17167
2.4%
1
Brazil
THB 16266
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
THB 16187
8.0%
3
Colombia
THB 16178
8.0%
4
Ecuador
THB 15923
9.5%
5
Guatemala
THB 15899
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
THB 15739
10.5%
7
Panama
THB 15650
11.0%
8
Peru
THB 15387
12.5%
9
Argentina
THB 14596
17.0%
10
Chile
THB 14490
17.6%
11
Uruguay
THB 14402
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
THB 17409
1.0%
1
Uganda
THB 16651
5.3%
2
Zambia
THB 16530
6.0%
3
Morocco
THB 16400
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
THB 16266
7.5%
5
Senegal
THB 16022
8.9%
6
Ghana
THB 15834
10.0%
7
Kenya
THB 15584
11.4%
8
Mozambique
THB 15007
14.7%
9
Cameroon
THB 14837
15.6%
10
Nigeria
THB 14125
19.7%
11
Angola
THB 14112
19.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
THB 17585
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
THB 16706
5.0%
2
Qatar
THB 16706
5.0%
3
Bahrain
THB 16178
8.0%
4
Oman
THB 16179
8.0%
5
Lebanon
THB 15696
10.7%
6
Kuwait
THB 15650
11.0%
7
Egypt
THB 15517
11.8%
8
Israel
THB 15273
13.2%
9
Turkey
THB 14814
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.