Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
788 BHD
Social Security
- 55.16 BHD
Unemployment
- 7.88 BHD
Total tax
- 63.04 BHD
Net pay
* 725 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
725 BHD
Net pay
102 BHD
Tax the employer pays
63.04 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
165 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 102 BHD to pay you 788 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 9,456 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 756 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 8,700 BHD per year, or 725 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 7891
16.6%
1
Canada
BHD 7024
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 7569
20.0%
1
Mozambique
BHD 6967
26.3%
2
Angola
BHD 6944
26.6%
3
Kenya
BHD 6810
28.0%
4
Ivory Coast
BHD 6631
29.9%
5
Ghana
BHD 6630
29.9%
6
Morocco
BHD 6580
30.4%
7
Nigeria
BHD 6479
31.5%
8
Uganda
BHD 6257
33.8%
9
Cameroon
BHD 6221
34.2%
10
Senegal
BHD 6104
35.5%
11
Zambia
BHD 5925
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 8983
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 8983
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 8700
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 8700
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 8510
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 8416
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 8025
15.1%
7
Egypt
BHD 7196
23.9%
8
Lebanon
BHD 7163
24.3%
9
Turkey
BHD 5566
41.1%
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.