Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
264 BHD
Social Security
- 18.48 BHD
Unemployment
- 2.64 BHD
Total tax
- 21.12 BHD
Net pay
* 243 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
243 BHD
Net pay
34.32 BHD
Tax the employer pays
21.12 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
55.44 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 34.32 BHD to pay you 264 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 3,168 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 253 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 2,915 BHD per year, or 243 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 2883
9.0%
1
Canada
BHD 2444
22.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
BHD 2916
8.0%
1
Colombia
BHD 2915
8.0%
2
Ecuador
BHD 2869
9.5%
3
Guatemala
BHD 2864
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
BHD 2835
10.5%
5
Panama
BHD 2820
11.0%
6
Peru
BHD 2772
12.5%
7
Mexico
BHD 2730
13.8%
8
Brazil
BHD 2703
14.7%
9
Chile
BHD 2610
17.6%
10
Uruguay
BHD 2531
20.1%
11
Argentina
BHD 2057
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 3010
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 3010
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 2915
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 2915
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 2851
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 2820
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 2751
13.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 2479
21.8%
8
Lebanon
BHD 2447
22.8%
9
Turkey
BHD 1882
40.6%
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.