Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,957,680 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 49,577 BHD
Total tax
- 49,857 BHD
Net pay
* 4,907,823 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,907,823 BHD
Net pay
50,057 BHD
Tax the employer pays
49,857 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
99,914 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 50,057 BHD to pay you 4,957,680 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.20 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,492,160 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 598,282 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 58,893,878 BHD per year, or 4,907,823 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1 BHD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 99 BHD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 990 BHD of net incomes. A 5,000 BHD bonus will generate an extra 4,950 BHD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 31722527
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 27655047
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 43280612
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 41644703
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 40592540
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 40466614
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 39354439
33.9%
5
Mozambique
BHD 38670736
35.0%
6
Zambia
BHD 36587788
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 36222265
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 36052385
39.4%
9
Senegal
BHD 35695726
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 32724430
45.0%
11
Uganda
BHD 32722032
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 59486742
0.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 59488168
0.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 58893878
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 56517552
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 56517552
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 54732787
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 44619224
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 44619191
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 34648901
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 29755295
50.0%
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.