Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
712 BHD
Social Security
- 49.84 BHD
Unemployment
- 7.12 BHD
Total tax
- 56.96 BHD
Net pay
* 655 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
655 BHD
Net pay
92.56 BHD
Tax the employer pays
56.96 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
150 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 92.56 BHD to pay you 712 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 8,544 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 684 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 7,860 BHD per year, or 655 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
BHD 7204
15.7%
1
Canada
BHD 6348
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
BHD 7725
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
BHD 7636
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
BHD 7612
10.9%
3
Ecuador
BHD 7423
13.1%
4
Colombia
BHD 7237
15.3%
5
Panama
BHD 7085
17.1%
6
Chile
BHD 6905
19.2%
7
Mexico
BHD 6753
21.0%
8
Peru
BHD 6567
23.1%
9
Brazil
BHD 6406
25.0%
10
Uruguay
BHD 6250
26.9%
11
Argentina
BHD 5551
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 6939
18.8%
1
Mozambique
BHD 6359
25.6%
2
Angola
BHD 6281
26.5%
3
Kenya
BHD 6171
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
BHD 6031
29.4%
5
Morocco
BHD 6027
29.5%
6
Ghana
BHD 6027
29.5%
7
Nigeria
BHD 5858
31.4%
8
Cameroon
BHD 5666
33.7%
9
Uganda
BHD 5664
33.7%
10
Senegal
BHD 5551
35.0%
11
Zambia
BHD 5364
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 8117
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 8117
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 7860
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 7860
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 7690
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 7604
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 7330
14.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 6512
23.8%
8
Lebanon
BHD 6479
24.2%
9
Turkey
BHD 4993
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.