Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
711 BHD
Social Security
- 49.77 BHD
Unemployment
- 7.11 BHD
Total tax
- 56.88 BHD
Net pay
* 654 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
654 BHD
Net pay
92.43 BHD
Tax the employer pays
56.88 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
149 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 92.43 BHD to pay you 711 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 8,532 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 683 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 7,849 BHD per year, or 654 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 7195
15.7%
1
Canada
BHD 6339
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
BHD 8071
5.4%
1
Taiwan
BHD 7684
9.9%
2
Thailand
BHD 7660
10.2%
3
Australia
BHD 7593
11.0%
4
South Korea
BHD 7221
15.4%
5
New Zealand
BHD 7140
16.3%
6
Pakistan
BHD 7035
17.5%
7
Indonesia
BHD 6944
18.6%
8
Malaysia
BHD 6872
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
BHD 6812
20.2%
10
Japan
BHD 6804
20.3%
11
Singapore
BHD 6766
20.7%
12
Philippines
BHD 6574
23.0%
13
Vietnam
BHD 6307
26.1%
14
China
BHD 6007
29.6%
15
India
BHD 5717
33.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
BHD 7714
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
BHD 7625
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
BHD 7602
10.9%
3
Ecuador
BHD 7413
13.1%
4
Colombia
BHD 7229
15.3%
5
Panama
BHD 7076
17.1%
6
Chile
BHD 6896
19.2%
7
Mexico
BHD 6744
21.0%
8
Peru
BHD 6558
23.1%
9
Brazil
BHD 6397
25.0%
10
Uruguay
BHD 6242
26.9%
11
Argentina
BHD 5543
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 6931
18.8%
1
Mozambique
BHD 6350
25.6%
2
Angola
BHD 6272
26.5%
3
Kenya
BHD 6163
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
BHD 6023
29.4%
5
Morocco
BHD 6020
29.4%
6
Ghana
BHD 6019
29.5%
7
Nigeria
BHD 5850
31.4%
8
Cameroon
BHD 5658
33.7%
9
Uganda
BHD 5656
33.7%
10
Senegal
BHD 5543
35.0%
11
Zambia
BHD 5357
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 8105
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 8105
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 7849
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 7849
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 7679
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 7593
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 7321
14.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 6503
23.8%
8
Lebanon
BHD 6470
24.2%
9
Turkey
BHD 4985
41.6%
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.