Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
189 BHD
Social Security
- 13.23 BHD
Unemployment
- 1.89 BHD
Total tax
- 15.12 BHD
Net pay
* 174 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
174 BHD
Net pay
24.57 BHD
Tax the employer pays
15.12 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
39.69 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 24.57 BHD to pay you 189 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 2,268 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 181 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 2,087 BHD per year, or 174 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 2072
8.7%
1
Canada
BHD 1806
20.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
BHD 2088
8.0%
1
Colombia
BHD 2087
8.0%
2
Ecuador
BHD 2054
9.5%
3
Guatemala
BHD 2051
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
BHD 2030
10.5%
5
Brazil
BHD 2025
10.7%
6
Mexico
BHD 2019
11.0%
7
Panama
BHD 2019
11.0%
8
Peru
BHD 1985
12.5%
9
Chile
BHD 1869
17.6%
10
Uruguay
BHD 1812
20.1%
11
Argentina
BHD 1472
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 2180
3.9%
1
Morocco
BHD 1996
12.0%
2
Cameroon
BHD 1828
19.4%
3
Ivory Coast
BHD 1819
19.8%
4
Mozambique
BHD 1805
20.4%
5
Kenya
BHD 1789
21.1%
6
Ghana
BHD 1706
24.8%
7
Angola
BHD 1705
24.8%
8
Zambia
BHD 1594
29.7%
9
Nigeria
BHD 1589
29.9%
10
Senegal
BHD 1585
30.1%
11
Uganda
BHD 1585
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 2155
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 2155
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 2087
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 2087
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 2041
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 2019
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 1970
13.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 1783
21.4%
8
Lebanon
BHD 1772
21.9%
9
Turkey
BHD 1392
38.6%
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.