Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
151 BHD
Social Security
- 10.57 BHD
Unemployment
- 1.51 BHD
Total tax
- 12.08 BHD
Net pay
* 139 BHD
Marginal tax rate
8.0%
Average tax rate
8.0%
92.0%
Net pay
8.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
139 BHD
Net pay
19.63 BHD
Tax the employer pays
12.08 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31.71 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 19.63 BHD to pay you 151 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 2.10 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8% tax rate now rises to 18.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,812 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 145 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 1,667 BHD per year, or 139 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.0% and your marginal tax rate is 8.0%. 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 8 BHD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 92 BHD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 920 BHD of net incomes. A 5,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 4,600 BHD of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 1655
8.7%
1
Canada
BHD 1490
17.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
BHD 1789
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
BHD 1668
8.0%
2
Brazil
BHD 1650
9.0%
3
Ecuador
BHD 1641
9.5%
4
Guatemala
BHD 1638
9.6%
5
Mexico
BHD 1636
9.7%
6
Costa Rica
BHD 1622
10.5%
7
Panama
BHD 1613
11.0%
8
Peru
BHD 1586
12.5%
9
Chile
BHD 1493
17.6%
10
Uruguay
BHD 1448
20.1%
11
Argentina
BHD 1181
34.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 1791
1.2%
1
Morocco
BHD 1635
9.8%
2
Cameroon
BHD 1501
17.1%
3
Ivory Coast
BHD 1489
17.8%
4
Kenya
BHD 1471
18.8%
5
Mozambique
BHD 1454
19.8%
6
Ghana
BHD 1383
23.7%
7
Angola
BHD 1370
24.4%
8
Zambia
BHD 1337
26.2%
9
Senegal
BHD 1292
28.7%
10
Uganda
BHD 1288
28.9%
11
Nigeria
BHD 1279
29.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 1739
4.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
BHD 1721
5.0%
2
Qatar
BHD 1721
5.0%
3
Bahrain
BHD 1667
8.0%
4
Oman
BHD 1667
8.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 1613
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 1574
13.2%
7
Lebanon
BHD 1430
21.1%
8
Egypt
BHD 1429
21.1%
9
Turkey
BHD 1127
37.8%
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.