Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,868,805,120 BHD
Social Security
- 280 BHD
Unemployment
- 18,688,051 BHD
Total tax
- 18,688,331 BHD
Net pay
* 1,850,116,789 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,850,116,789 BHD
Net pay
18,688,531 BHD
Tax the employer pays
18,688,331 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,376,862 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 18,688,531 BHD to pay you 1,868,805,120 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.20 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 22,425,661,440 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 224,259,974 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 22,201,401,466 BHD per year, or 1,850,116,789 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% 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 11952890753
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 10421303377
53.5%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
BHD 22201401466
1.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 22425657448
1.8%
2
Saudi Arabia
BHD 22425656022
2.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 21304378368
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 21304378368
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 20631608525
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 16819246184
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 13060929551
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 11212839935
50.0%
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.