Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,983,738 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 19,837 BHD
Total tax
- 20,117 BHD
Net pay
* 1,963,621 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
1,963,621 BHD
Net pay
20,317 BHD
Tax the employer pays
20,117 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,435 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 20,317 BHD to pay you 1,983,738 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 23,804,856 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 241,409 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 23,563,447 BHD per year, or 1,963,621 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 12701194
46.6%
1
Canada
BHD 11071015
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
BHD 21421810
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
BHD 19759266
17.0%
2
Singapore
BHD 18571013
22.0%
3
Indonesia
BHD 16093481
32.4%
4
Thailand
BHD 15478347
35.0%
5
Pakistan
BHD 15474839
35.0%
6
Vietnam
BHD 15473774
35.0%
7
Philippines
BHD 14781496
37.9%
8
New Zealand
BHD 14524971
39.0%
9
Taiwan
BHD 14292401
40.0%
10
Malaysia
BHD 14051945
41.0%
11
China
BHD 13103365
45.0%
12
Japan
BHD 12839060
46.1%
13
Australia
BHD 12623808
47.0%
14
South Korea
BHD 12420755
47.8%
15
India
BHD 2821371
88.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 17318098
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 16663590
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 16242200
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 16192110
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 15747287
33.9%
5
Mozambique
BHD 15473988
35.0%
6
Zambia
BHD 14640096
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 14494050
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 14426307
39.4%
9
Senegal
BHD 14283344
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 13096413
45.0%
11
Uganda
BHD 13094014
45.0%
12
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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.