Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,966 BHD
Social Security
- 558 BHD
Unemployment
- 79.66 BHD
Total tax
- 637 BHD
Net pay
* 7,329 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
7,329 BHD
Net pay
1,036 BHD
Tax the employer pays
637 BHD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,673 BHD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1,036 BHD to pay you 7,966 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 7,966 BHD a year living in Bahrain, you will be taxed 637 BHD. That means that your net pay will be 7,329 BHD per year, or 611 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 6768
15.0%
1
Canada
BHD 5919
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
BHD 7544
5.3%
1
Taiwan
BHD 7195
9.7%
2
Thailand
BHD 7193
9.7%
3
Australia
BHD 7146
10.3%
4
South Korea
BHD 6779
14.9%
5
New Zealand
BHD 6681
16.1%
6
Pakistan
BHD 6631
16.8%
7
Indonesia
BHD 6533
18.0%
8
Malaysia
BHD 6485
18.6%
9
Japan
BHD 6368
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
BHD 6354
20.2%
11
Singapore
BHD 6327
20.6%
12
Philippines
BHD 6192
22.3%
13
Vietnam
BHD 5927
25.6%
14
China
BHD 5613
29.5%
15
India
BHD 5396
32.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
BHD 7202
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
BHD 7124
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
BHD 7119
10.6%
3
Ecuador
BHD 6966
12.6%
4
Colombia
BHD 6813
14.5%
5
Panama
BHD 6647
16.6%
6
Chile
BHD 6448
19.1%
7
Mexico
BHD 6327
20.6%
8
Peru
BHD 6132
23.0%
9
Brazil
BHD 5987
24.9%
10
Uruguay
BHD 5857
26.5%
11
Argentina
BHD 5175
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
BHD 7568
5.0%
1
Qatar
BHD 7568
5.0%
2
Bahrain
BHD 7329
8.0%
3
Oman
BHD 7329
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
BHD 7169
10.0%
5
Kuwait
BHD 7090
11.0%
6
Israel
BHD 6886
13.6%
7
Egypt
BHD 6078
23.7%
8
Lebanon
BHD 6046
24.1%
9
Turkey
BHD 4627
41.9%
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.