Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,400 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 124 BHD
Total tax
- 404 BHD
Net pay
* 11,996 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
3.3%
96.7%
Net pay
3.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11,996 BHD
Net pay
604 BHD
Tax the employer pays
404 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,008 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 604 BHD to pay you 12,400 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.81 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
7.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.3% tax rate now rises to 7.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 148,800 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 4,848 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 143,952 BHD per year, or 11,996 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.3% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 BHD in your salary will be taxed 1 BHD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 99 BHD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 990 BHD of net incomes. A 5,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 4,950 BHD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 91324
38.6%
1
Canada
BHD 77951
47.6%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
BHD 144808
2.7%
1
Bahrain
BHD 143952
3.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
BHD 143382
3.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 141360
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 141360
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 136896
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 111704
24.9%
7
Lebanon
BHD 111671
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 86735
41.7%
9
Israel
BHD 83615
43.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Bahrain, 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.