Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13,337 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 13,066 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.0%
98.0%
Net pay
2.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,066 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 13,337 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.45 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 160,044 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 156,789 KWD per year, or 13,066 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.0% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 139238
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 130436
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 128835
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 122910
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 95082
40.6%
5
Romania
KWD 93626
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 92959
41.9%
7
Greece
KWD 90256
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 89656
44.0%
9
Norway
KWD 88521
44.7%
10
Austria
KWD 88346
44.8%
11
Spain
KWD 88323
44.8%
12
Denmark
KWD 85937
46.3%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 85177
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 83639
47.7%
15
Sweden
KWD 82967
48.2%
16
Germany
KWD 81755
48.9%
17
Ireland
KWD 81369
49.2%
18
France
KWD 78917
50.7%
19
Italy
KWD 74859
53.2%
20
Finland
KWD 63628
60.2%
21
Belgium
KWD 61493
61.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 60360
62.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 95814
40.1%
1
Canada
KWD 81551
49.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 141952
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 133844
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 127464
20.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 109330
31.7%
4
Thailand
KWD 108261
32.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 105401
34.1%
6
Vietnam
KWD 104532
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 103762
35.2%
8
Philippines
KWD 101521
36.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 100896
37.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 100391
37.3%
11
China
KWD 96744
39.6%
12
Japan
KWD 94364
41.0%
13
South Korea
KWD 92884
42.0%
14
Australia
KWD 90722
43.3%
15
India
KWD 79309
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 141890
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 116204
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 110907
30.7%
3
Panama
KWD 108870
32.0%
4
Uruguay
KWD 105580
34.0%
5
Mexico
KWD 105509
34.1%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 105214
34.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 104860
34.5%
8
Argentina
KWD 104026
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 103513
35.3%
10
Peru
KWD 100446
37.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 95486
40.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 116485
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 112186
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 108900
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 108837
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 106175
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 104707
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 98517
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 97821
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 97678
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 96377
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 91075
43.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 89120
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 156789
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 155704
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 155626
2.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 152042
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 152042
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 147240
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 120118
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 120091
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 93270
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 87536
45.3%
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%.