Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,153 BHD
Social Security
- 1.62 BHD
Unemployment
- 11.53 BHD
Total tax
- 13.15 BHD
Net pay
* 1,140 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.1%
98.9%
Net pay
1.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,140 BHD
Net pay
14.30 BHD
Tax the employer pays
13.15 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.44 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 14.30 BHD to pay you 1,153 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.24 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.1% tax rate now rises to 2.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,398,240 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 27,342 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 2,370,898 BHD per year, or 197,575 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.1% 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 1291467
46.2%
1
Canada
BHD 1123274
53.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
BHD 2155856
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
BHD 1991775
17.0%
2
Singapore
BHD 1873852
21.9%
3
Indonesia
BHD 1622609
32.3%
4
Thailand
BHD 1564046
34.8%
5
Pakistan
BHD 1560539
34.9%
6
Vietnam
BHD 1559474
35.0%
7
Philippines
BHD 1491556
37.8%
8
New Zealand
BHD 1466936
38.8%
9
Taiwan
BHD 1448431
39.6%
10
Malaysia
BHD 1422256
40.7%
11
China
BHD 1329726
44.6%
12
Japan
BHD 1302428
45.7%
13
Australia
BHD 1278302
46.7%
14
South Korea
BHD 1261767
47.4%
15
India
BHD 358108
85.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
BHD 2122929
11.5%
1
Brazil
BHD 1738935
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
BHD 1614083
32.7%
3
Panama
BHD 1603328
33.2%
4
Mexico
BHD 1560671
34.9%
5
Argentina
BHD 1558853
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
BHD 1552603
35.3%
7
Peru
BHD 1471888
38.6%
8
Colombia
BHD 1471744
38.6%
9
Uruguay
BHD 1466867
38.8%
10
Chile
BHD 1448125
39.6%
11
Ecuador
BHD 1373246
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 1744785
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 1678959
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 1635931
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 1631330
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 1586811
33.8%
5
Mozambique
BHD 1559688
35.0%
6
Zambia
BHD 1475027
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 1460632
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 1454155
39.4%
9
Senegal
BHD 1439374
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 1322774
44.8%
11
Uganda
BHD 1320376
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
BHD 2394248
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
BHD 2392822
0.2%
2
Bahrain
BHD 2370898
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 2278328
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 2278328
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 2206381
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 1798784
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 1798751
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 1396831
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 1208335
49.6%
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.