Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,480 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 215 BHD
Total tax
- 495 BHD
Net pay
* 20,985 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
2.3%
97.7%
Net pay
2.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,985 BHD
Net pay
695 BHD
Tax the employer pays
495 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,190 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 695 BHD to pay you 21,480 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.55 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.3% tax rate now rises to 5.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 257,760 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 5,938 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 251,822 BHD per year, or 20,985 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.3% 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 150592
41.6%
1
Canada
BHD 128585
50.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
BHD 229424
11.0%
1
Hong Kong
BHD 215176
16.5%
2
Singapore
BHD 204278
20.8%
3
Indonesia
BHD 175645
31.9%
4
Thailand
BHD 172734
33.0%
5
Pakistan
BHD 169227
34.4%
6
Vietnam
BHD 168162
34.8%
7
Taiwan
BHD 164143
36.3%
8
Philippines
BHD 162675
36.9%
9
New Zealand
BHD 161243
37.4%
10
Malaysia
BHD 159394
38.2%
11
China
BHD 152462
40.9%
12
Japan
BHD 148863
42.3%
13
South Korea
BHD 145963
43.4%
14
Australia
BHD 143847
44.2%
15
India
BHD 111802
56.6%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
BHD 253768
1.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
BHD 252342
2.1%
2
Bahrain
BHD 251822
2.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 244872
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 244872
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 237139
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 193424
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 193391
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 150194
41.7%
9
Israel
BHD 138095
46.4%
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.