Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
459 BHD
Social Security
- 32.13 BHD
Unemployment
- 4.59 BHD
Total tax
- 36.72 BHD
Net pay
* 422 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
422 BHD
Net pay
59.67 BHD
Tax the employer pays
36.72 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
96.39 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 59.67 BHD to pay you 459 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 5,508 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 441 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 5,067 BHD per year, or 422 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 4875
11.5%
1
Canada
BHD 4172
24.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
BHD 5294
3.9%
1
Hong Kong
BHD 5233
5.0%
2
Thailand
BHD 5099
7.4%
3
Taiwan
BHD 5021
8.9%
4
South Korea
BHD 4806
12.8%
5
Pakistan
BHD 4798
12.9%
6
Malaysia
BHD 4696
14.8%
7
New Zealand
BHD 4687
14.9%
8
Indonesia
BHD 4676
15.1%
9
Philippines
BHD 4488
18.5%
10
Japan
BHD 4466
18.9%
11
Singapore
BHD 4408
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
BHD 4368
20.7%
13
Vietnam
BHD 4238
23.1%
14
India
BHD 4000
27.4%
15
China
BHD 3898
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
BHD 5021
8.9%
1
Guatemala
BHD 4980
9.6%
2
Ecuador
BHD 4951
10.1%
3
Colombia
BHD 4939
10.3%
4
Costa Rica
BHD 4930
10.5%
5
Panama
BHD 4788
13.1%
6
Mexico
BHD 4505
18.2%
7
Chile
BHD 4504
18.2%
8
Uruguay
BHD 4352
21.0%
9
Peru
BHD 4283
22.3%
10
Brazil
BHD 4214
23.5%
11
Argentina
BHD 3578
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 4752
13.7%
1
Mozambique
BHD 4173
24.2%
2
Morocco
BHD 4125
25.1%
3
Angola
BHD 4072
26.1%
4
Kenya
BHD 4046
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
BHD 4033
26.8%
6
Ghana
BHD 4003
27.3%
7
Cameroon
BHD 3824
30.6%
8
Nigeria
BHD 3793
31.1%
9
Uganda
BHD 3691
33.0%
10
Senegal
BHD 3663
33.5%
11
Zambia
BHD 3497
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 5233
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 5233
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 5067
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 5067
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 4957
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 4902
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 4784
13.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 4235
23.1%
8
Lebanon
BHD 4202
23.7%
9
Turkey
BHD 3073
44.2%
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.