Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
165,868,680 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 1,658,687 BHD
Total tax
- 1,658,967 BHD
Net pay
* 164,209,713 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
164,209,713 BHD
Net pay
1,659,167 BHD
Tax the employer pays
1,658,967 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,318,134 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1,659,167 BHD to pay you 165,868,680 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.20 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,990,424,160 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 19,907,602 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 1,970,516,558 BHD per year, or 164,209,713 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% 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 1060909283
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 924966872
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 1448033642
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 1393297103
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 1358115717
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 1353886560
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 1316665957
33.9%
5
Mozambique
BHD 1293776536
35.0%
6
Zambia
BHD 1224110968
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 1211870213
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 1206174006
39.4%
9
Senegal
BHD 1194254926
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 1094737030
45.0%
11
Uganda
BHD 1094734632
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 1990418742
0.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 1990420168
0.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 1970516558
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 1890902952
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 1890902952
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 1831190227
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 1492818224
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 1159243007
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 995221295
50.0%
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.