Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,075 KWD
Pension
- 86 KWD
Social Security
** - 26.88 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.38 KWD
Total tax
- 118 KWD
Net pay
* 957 KWD
Marginal tax rate
11.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
957 KWD
Net pay
129 KWD
Tax the employer pays
118 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
247 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 129 KWD to pay you 1,075 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.30 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,900 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,419 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,481 KWD per year, or 957 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 11.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 11 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 89 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 890 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,450 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 11223
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 11102
13.9%
2
Hungary
KWD 10513
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 10384
19.5%
4
Ireland
KWD 10379
19.6%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 10259
20.5%
6
France
KWD 10151
21.3%
7
Czech Republic
KWD 9943
22.9%
8
Norway
KWD 9804
24.0%
9
Spain
KWD 9577
25.8%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 9497
26.4%
11
Austria
KWD 9157
29.0%
12
Sweden
KWD 9111
29.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 8692
32.6%
14
Greece
KWD 8691
32.6%
15
Germany
KWD 8418
34.8%
16
Poland
KWD 8306
35.6%
17
Netherlands
KWD 8118
37.1%
18
Finland
KWD 7931
38.5%
19
Italy
KWD 7897
38.8%
20
Portugal
KWD 7622
40.9%
21
Romania
KWD 7546
41.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 6420
50.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 10274
20.4%
1
Canada
KWD 9295
28.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 11743
9.0%
1
Taiwan
KWD 11325
12.2%
2
Thailand
KWD 10808
16.2%
3
South Korea
KWD 10484
18.7%
4
Kazakhstan
KWD 10369
19.6%
5
Australia
KWD 10367
19.6%
6
New Zealand
KWD 10123
21.5%
7
Singapore
KWD 9935
23.0%
8
Indonesia
KWD 9847
23.7%
9
Pakistan
KWD 9748
24.4%
10
Japan
KWD 9661
25.1%
11
Malaysia
KWD 9495
26.4%
12
Philippines
KWD 9313
27.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 8928
30.8%
14
China
KWD 8503
34.1%
15
India
KWD 8037
37.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11656
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 10981
14.9%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 10890
15.6%
3
Chile
KWD 10570
18.1%
4
Ecuador
KWD 10536
18.3%
5
Panama
KWD 10265
20.4%
6
Colombia
KWD 10058
22.0%
7
Peru
KWD 9706
24.8%
8
Mexico
KWD 9540
26.0%
9
Brazil
KWD 9525
26.2%
10
Uruguay
KWD 8950
30.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 8383
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 9463
26.6%
1
Angola
KWD 9438
26.8%
2
Kenya
KWD 9185
28.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 9063
29.7%
4
Ghana
KWD 8839
31.5%
5
Nigeria
KWD 8813
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 8642
33.0%
7
Morocco
KWD 8510
34.0%
8
Cameroon
KWD 8232
36.2%
9
Uganda
KWD 8191
36.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 8091
37.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 8023
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12255
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 12255
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11868
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 11868
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11610
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 11481
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 10302
20.1%
7
Egypt
KWD 9760
24.3%
8
Lebanon
KWD 9733
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 7572
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, 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.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.