Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,866,040 BHD
Social Security
- 64.62 BHD
Unemployment
- 48,660 BHD
Total tax
- 48,725 BHD
Net pay
* 4,817,315 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
4,817,315 BHD
Net pay
48,771 BHD
Tax the employer pays
48,725 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
97,496 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 48,771 BHD to pay you 4,866,040 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 253,034,080 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 2,533,701 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 250,500,379 BHD per year, or 20,875,032 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 134880370
46.7%
1
Canada
BHD 117594752
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 184082358
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 177124047
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 172651030
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 172113828
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 167382419
33.9%
5
Mozambique
BHD 164472984
35.0%
6
Zambia
BHD 155616069
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 154060263
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 153336466
39.4%
9
Senegal
BHD 151820878
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 139172486
45.0%
11
Uganda
BHD 139170088
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 253028662
0.0%
1
Kuwait
BHD 253030088
0.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 250500379
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 240382376
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 240382376
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 232791354
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 189775664
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 189775631
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 147369651
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 126526255
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.