Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
282 BHD
Social Security
- 19.74 BHD
Unemployment
- 2.82 BHD
Total tax
- 22.56 BHD
Net pay
* 259 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
259 BHD
Net pay
36.66 BHD
Tax the employer pays
22.56 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59.22 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 36.66 BHD to pay you 282 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 3,384 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 271 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 3,113 BHD per year, or 259 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 3072
9.2%
1
Canada
BHD 2604
23.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
BHD 3384
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
BHD 3384
0.0%
2
Thailand
BHD 3200
5.4%
3
Pakistan
BHD 3130
7.5%
4
Taiwan
BHD 3084
8.9%
5
Malaysia
BHD 2987
11.7%
6
South Korea
BHD 2982
11.9%
7
New Zealand
BHD 2964
12.4%
8
Indonesia
BHD 2931
13.4%
9
Philippines
BHD 2917
13.8%
10
Japan
BHD 2750
18.7%
11
Vietnam
BHD 2708
20.0%
12
Singapore
BHD 2707
20.0%
13
India
BHD 2681
20.8%
14
Kazakhstan
BHD 2680
20.8%
15
China
BHD 2417
28.6%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 3084
8.9%
1
Morocco
BHD 2754
18.6%
2
Mozambique
BHD 2644
21.9%
3
Ivory Coast
BHD 2598
23.2%
4
Cameroon
BHD 2579
23.8%
5
Kenya
BHD 2562
24.3%
6
Angola
BHD 2523
25.5%
7
Ghana
BHD 2497
26.2%
8
Nigeria
BHD 2349
30.6%
9
Uganda
BHD 2310
31.7%
10
Senegal
BHD 2299
32.1%
11
Zambia
BHD 2225
34.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 3215
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 3215
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 3113
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 3113
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 3046
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 3012
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 2939
13.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 2642
21.9%
8
Lebanon
BHD 2609
22.9%
9
Turkey
BHD 1991
41.2%
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.