Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,979,464,248 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 19,794,642 BHD
Total tax
- 19,794,922 BHD
Net pay
* 1,959,669,326 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
1,959,669,326 BHD
Net pay
19,795,122 BHD
Tax the employer pays
19,794,922 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
39,590,045 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 19,795,122 BHD to pay you 1,979,464,248 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 23,753,570,976 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 237,539,070 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 23,516,031,906 BHD per year, or 1,959,669,326 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 12660666536
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 11038388250
53.5%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
BHD 23516031906
1.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 23753566984
1.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
BHD 23753565558
2.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 22565892427
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 22565892427
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 21853285298
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 17815178336
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 13834317344
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 11876794703
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.