Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,080,808 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 210,808 BHD
Total tax
- 211,088 BHD
Net pay
* 20,869,720 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
20,869,720 BHD
Net pay
211,288 BHD
Tax the employer pays
211,088 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
422,376 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 211,288 BHD to pay you 21,080,808 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 252,969,696 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 2,533,057 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 250,436,639 BHD per year, or 20,869,720 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 134846053
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 117564832
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 184035519
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 177078978
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 172607100
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 172070034
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 167339829
33.9%
5
Mozambique
BHD 164431134
35.0%
6
Zambia
BHD 155576473
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 154021063
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 153297450
39.4%
9
Senegal
BHD 151782248
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 139137075
45.0%
11
Uganda
BHD 139134676
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 252964278
0.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 252965704
0.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 250436639
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 240321211
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 240321211
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 232732120
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 189727376
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 189727343
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 147332153
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 126494063
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.