Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,814,980 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 208,150 BHD
Total tax
- 208,430 BHD
Net pay
* 20,606,550 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
20,606,550 BHD
Net pay
208,630 BHD
Tax the employer pays
208,430 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
417,060 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 208,630 BHD to pay you 20,814,980 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 249,779,760 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 2,501,158 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 247,278,602 BHD per year, or 20,606,550 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 133145818
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 116082456
53.5%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 249774342
0.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 249775768
0.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 247278602
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 237290772
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 237290772
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 229797379
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 187334924
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 187334891
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 145474302
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 124899095
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.