Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
452 BHD
Social Security
- 31.64 BHD
Unemployment
- 4.52 BHD
Total tax
- 36.16 BHD
Net pay
* 416 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
416 BHD
Net pay
58.76 BHD
Tax the employer pays
36.16 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
94.92 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 58.76 BHD to pay you 452 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 5,424 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 434 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 4,990 BHD per year, or 416 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 4810
11.3%
1
Canada
BHD 4115
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
BHD 5229
3.6%
1
Hong Kong
BHD 5153
5.0%
2
Thailand
BHD 5026
7.3%
3
Taiwan
BHD 4944
8.9%
4
South Korea
BHD 4735
12.7%
5
Pakistan
BHD 4735
12.7%
6
Malaysia
BHD 4631
14.6%
7
New Zealand
BHD 4619
14.8%
8
Indonesia
BHD 4610
15.0%
9
Philippines
BHD 4427
18.4%
10
Japan
BHD 4400
18.9%
11
Singapore
BHD 4341
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
BHD 4301
20.7%
13
Vietnam
BHD 4178
23.0%
14
India
BHD 3952
27.1%
15
China
BHD 3840
29.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 4689
13.5%
1
Mozambique
BHD 4113
24.2%
2
Morocco
BHD 4071
25.0%
3
Angola
BHD 4011
26.1%
4
Kenya
BHD 3987
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
BHD 3977
26.7%
6
Ghana
BHD 3943
27.3%
7
Cameroon
BHD 3773
30.4%
8
Nigeria
BHD 3736
31.1%
9
Uganda
BHD 3636
33.0%
10
Senegal
BHD 3611
33.4%
11
Zambia
BHD 3446
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 5153
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 5153
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 4990
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 4990
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 4882
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 4827
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 4711
13.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 4172
23.1%
8
Lebanon
BHD 4139
23.7%
9
Turkey
BHD 3020
44.3%
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.