Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,499,680 BHD
Social Security
- 3,360 BHD
Unemployment
- 14,997 BHD
Total tax
- 18,357 BHD
Net pay
* 1,481,323 BHD
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.2%
98.8%
Net pay
1.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,481,323 BHD
Net pay
20,757 BHD
Tax the employer pays
18,357 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
39,114 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 20,757 BHD to pay you 1,499,680 BHD. In other words, every time you spend 10 BHD of your hard-earned money, 0.26 BHD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.2% tax rate now rises to 2.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,499,680 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 18,357 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 1,481,323 BHD per year, or 123,444 BHD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.2% 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 812535
45.8%
1
Canada
BHD 705710
52.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
BHD 1327630
11.5%
1
Brazil
BHD 1087479
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
BHD 1010925
32.6%
3
Panama
BHD 1003540
33.1%
4
Mexico
BHD 976607
34.9%
5
Argentina
BHD 974789
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
BHD 971684
35.2%
7
Colombia
BHD 923644
38.4%
8
Peru
BHD 921520
38.6%
9
Uruguay
BHD 921118
38.6%
10
Chile
BHD 908989
39.4%
11
Ecuador
BHD 860649
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
BHD 1091082
27.3%
1
Kenya
BHD 1049967
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
BHD 1022821
31.8%
3
Nigeria
BHD 1020129
32.0%
4
Ghana
BHD 992413
33.8%
5
Mozambique
BHD 975624
34.9%
6
Zambia
BHD 922413
38.5%
7
Cameroon
BHD 913544
39.1%
8
Morocco
BHD 909638
39.3%
9
Senegal
BHD 900238
40.0%
10
South Africa
BHD 828566
44.8%
11
Uganda
BHD 826168
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
BHD 1495688
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
BHD 1494262
0.4%
2
Bahrain
BHD 1481323
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
BHD 1424696
5.0%
4
Qatar
BHD 1424696
5.0%
5
Oman
BHD 1379706
8.0%
6
Egypt
BHD 1124864
25.0%
7
Lebanon
BHD 1124831
25.0%
8
Turkey
BHD 873501
41.8%
9
Israel
BHD 759055
49.4%
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.