Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13,564 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 13,293 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
13,293 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 13,564 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.44 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 162,768 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 159,513 KWD per year, or 13,293 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 141608
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 132656
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 131028
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 125007
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 96482
40.7%
5
Romania
KWD 95219
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 94527
41.9%
7
Greece
KWD 91781
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 91066
44.1%
9
Norway
KWD 89953
44.7%
10
Austria
KWD 89763
44.9%
11
Spain
KWD 89734
44.9%
12
Denmark
KWD 87332
46.4%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 86616
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 85015
47.8%
15
Sweden
KWD 84330
48.2%
16
Germany
KWD 83075
49.0%
17
Ireland
KWD 82676
49.2%
18
France
KWD 80069
50.8%
19
Italy
KWD 76095
53.3%
20
Finland
KWD 64631
60.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 62511
61.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 61340
62.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 97294
40.2%
1
Canada
KWD 82817
49.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 144404
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 136105
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 129589
20.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 111172
31.7%
4
Thailand
KWD 110031
32.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 107171
34.2%
6
Vietnam
KWD 106303
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 105397
35.3%
8
Philippines
KWD 103212
36.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 102558
37.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 101998
37.3%
11
China
KWD 98243
39.6%
12
Japan
KWD 95832
41.1%
13
South Korea
KWD 94304
42.1%
14
Australia
KWD 92166
43.4%
15
India
KWD 80644
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 144301
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 118179
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 112735
30.7%
3
Panama
KWD 110689
32.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 107279
34.1%
5
Uruguay
KWD 107235
34.1%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 106975
34.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 106521
34.6%
8
Argentina
KWD 105797
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 105147
35.4%
10
Peru
KWD 102114
37.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 97040
40.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 118467
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 114093
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 110753
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 110695
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 107977
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 106477
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 100192
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 99479
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 99328
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 98012
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 92574
43.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 90618
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 159513
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 158401
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 158350
2.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 154630
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 154630
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 149747
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 122161
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 122134
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 94856
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 88898
45.4%
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%.