Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
713 BHD
Social Security
- 49.91 BHD
Unemployment
- 7.13 BHD
Total tax
- 57.04 BHD
Net pay
* 656 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
656 BHD
Net pay
92.69 BHD
Tax the employer pays
57.04 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
150 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 92.69 BHD to pay you 713 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 8,556 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 684 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 7,872 BHD per year, or 656 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 7213
15.7%
1
Canada
BHD 6357
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
BHD 8094
5.4%
1
Taiwan
BHD 7705
10.0%
2
Thailand
BHD 7680
10.2%
3
Australia
BHD 7612
11.0%
4
South Korea
BHD 7240
15.4%
5
New Zealand
BHD 7159
16.3%
6
Pakistan
BHD 7052
17.6%
7
Indonesia
BHD 6962
18.6%
8
Malaysia
BHD 6889
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
BHD 6832
20.2%
10
Japan
BHD 6822
20.3%
11
Singapore
BHD 6785
20.7%
12
Philippines
BHD 6590
23.0%
13
Vietnam
BHD 6323
26.1%
14
China
BHD 6024
29.6%
15
India
BHD 5731
33.0%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 6948
18.8%
1
Mozambique
BHD 6368
25.6%
2
Angola
BHD 6290
26.5%
3
Kenya
BHD 6180
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
BHD 6039
29.4%
5
Morocco
BHD 6035
29.5%
6
Ghana
BHD 6035
29.5%
7
Nigeria
BHD 5867
31.4%
8
Cameroon
BHD 5673
33.7%
9
Uganda
BHD 5672
33.7%
10
Senegal
BHD 5558
35.0%
11
Zambia
BHD 5372
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 8128
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 8128
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 7872
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 7872
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 7700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 7615
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 7340
14.2%
7
Egypt
BHD 6521
23.8%
8
Lebanon
BHD 6488
24.2%
9
Turkey
BHD 5001
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.