Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,223 BHD
Social Security
- 156 BHD
Unemployment
- 22.23 BHD
Total tax
- 178 BHD
Net pay
* 2,045 BHD
Marginal tax rate
8.0%
Average tax rate
8.0%
92.0%
Net pay
8.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,045 BHD
Net pay
289 BHD
Tax the employer pays
178 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
467 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 289 BHD to pay you 2,223 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 2.10 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8% tax rate now rises to 18.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 26,676 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 2,134 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 24,542 BHD per year, or 2,045 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.0% and your marginal tax rate is 8.0%. 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 8 BHD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 92 BHD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 920 BHD of net incomes. A 5,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 4,600 BHD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 20027
24.9%
1
Canada
BHD 18703
29.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
BHD 23903
10.4%
1
Chile
BHD 21817
18.2%
2
Costa Rica
BHD 21405
19.8%
3
Puerto Rico
BHD 20730
22.3%
4
Panama
BHD 20309
23.9%
5
Ecuador
BHD 20081
24.7%
6
Brazil
BHD 19551
26.7%
7
Colombia
BHD 19444
27.1%
8
Uruguay
BHD 19397
27.3%
9
Peru
BHD 19305
27.6%
10
Mexico
BHD 18769
29.6%
11
Argentina
BHD 17337
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 19472
27.0%
1
Kenya
BHD 18864
29.3%
2
Nigeria
BHD 18192
31.8%
3
Mozambique
BHD 18171
31.9%
4
South Africa
BHD 18036
32.4%
5
Ghana
BHD 18021
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
BHD 17753
33.5%
7
Morocco
BHD 17015
36.2%
8
Cameroon
BHD 16705
37.4%
9
Zambia
BHD 16516
38.1%
10
Senegal
BHD 16436
38.4%
11
Uganda
BHD 16015
40.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 25342
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 25342
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 24542
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 24542
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 24008
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 23857
10.6%
6
Egypt
BHD 20111
24.6%
7
Lebanon
BHD 20078
24.7%
8
Israel
BHD 19582
26.6%
9
Turkey
BHD 15608
41.5%
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.