Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,227 BHD
Social Security
- 85.89 BHD
Unemployment
- 12.27 BHD
Total tax
- 98.16 BHD
Net pay
* 1,129 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
1,129 BHD
Net pay
160 BHD
Tax the employer pays
98.16 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
258 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 160 BHD to pay you 1,227 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 1,227 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 98.16 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 1,129 BHD per year, or 94.07 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 1121
8.7%
1
Canada
BHD 1065
13.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
BHD 1190
3.0%
1
Colombia
BHD 1250
7.3%
2
Brazil
BHD 1131
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
BHD 1129
8.0%
4
Ecuador
BHD 1111
9.5%
5
Guatemala
BHD 1109
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
BHD 1098
10.5%
7
Panama
BHD 1092
11.0%
8
Peru
BHD 1074
12.5%
9
Argentina
BHD 1014
17.3%
10
Chile
BHD 1011
17.6%
11
Uruguay
BHD 1001
18.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
BHD 1215
1.0%
1
Morocco
BHD 1138
7.2%
2
Kenya
BHD 1055
14.0%
3
Ivory Coast
BHD 1041
15.2%
4
Cameroon
BHD 1035
15.6%
5
Zambia
BHD 1006
18.0%
6
Mozambique
BHD 1004
18.2%
7
Ghana
BHD 968
21.1%
8
Angola
BHD 939
23.5%
9
Senegal
BHD 918
25.2%
10
Uganda
BHD 909
25.9%
11
Nigeria
BHD 881
28.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
BHD 1227
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
BHD 1166
5.0%
2
Qatar
BHD 1166
5.0%
3
Bahrain
BHD 1129
8.0%
4
Oman
BHD 1129
8.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 1092
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 1066
13.2%
7
Lebanon
BHD 991
19.2%
8
Egypt
BHD 966
21.3%
9
Turkey
BHD 786
36.0%
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.