Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13,732 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 13,461 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
13,461 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 13,732 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 164,784 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 161,529 KWD per year, or 13,461 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 143362
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 134299
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 132651
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 126559
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 97517
40.8%
5
Romania
KWD 96399
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 95687
41.9%
7
Greece
KWD 92910
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 92109
44.1%
9
Norway
KWD 91014
44.8%
10
Austria
KWD 90811
44.9%
11
Spain
KWD 90779
44.9%
12
Denmark
KWD 88365
46.4%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 87681
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 86033
47.8%
15
Sweden
KWD 85338
48.2%
16
Germany
KWD 84053
49.0%
17
Ireland
KWD 83644
49.2%
18
France
KWD 80909
50.9%
19
Italy
KWD 77010
53.3%
20
Finland
KWD 65374
60.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 63264
61.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 62066
62.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 98390
40.3%
1
Canada
KWD 83754
49.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 146218
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 137778
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 131161
20.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 112535
31.7%
4
Thailand
KWD 111342
32.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 108482
34.2%
6
Vietnam
KWD 107613
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 106606
35.3%
8
Philippines
KWD 104463
36.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 103787
37.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 103188
37.4%
11
China
KWD 99351
39.7%
12
Japan
KWD 96919
41.2%
13
South Korea
KWD 95355
42.1%
14
Australia
KWD 93235
43.4%
15
India
KWD 81632
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 146085
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 119641
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 114089
30.8%
3
Panama
KWD 112034
32.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 108590
34.1%
5
Uruguay
KWD 108459
34.2%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 108278
34.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 107751
34.6%
8
Argentina
KWD 107107
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 106357
35.5%
10
Peru
KWD 103349
37.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 98190
40.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 119933
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 115504
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 112124
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 112071
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 109310
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 107788
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 101432
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 100707
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 100550
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 99221
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 93682
43.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 91727
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 161529
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 160396
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 160366
2.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 156545
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 156545
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 151601
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 123673
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 123646
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 96031
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 89906
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%.