Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,455 KWD
Pension
- 116 KWD
Social Security
** - 36.38 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.28 KWD
Total tax
- 160 KWD
Net pay
* 1,295 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
1,295 KWD
Net pay
175 KWD
Tax the employer pays
160 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
335 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 175 KWD to pay you 1,455 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 17,460 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,921 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,539 KWD per year, or 1,295 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 15190
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 14559
16.6%
2
Hungary
KWD 14230
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 14055
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 13317
23.7%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 13302
23.8%
6
France
KWD 13037
25.3%
7
Norway
KWD 12810
26.6%
8
Ireland
KWD 12739
27.0%
9
Spain
KWD 12329
29.4%
10
Denmark
KWD 11734
32.8%
11
Luxembourg
KWD 11664
33.2%
12
Sweden
KWD 11661
33.2%
13
Austria
KWD 11627
33.4%
14
Greece
KWD 11042
36.8%
15
Netherlands
KWD 10988
37.1%
16
Poland
KWD 10896
37.6%
17
Germany
KWD 10701
38.7%
18
Romania
KWD 10214
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 10168
41.8%
20
Italy
KWD 10016
42.6%
21
Portugal
KWD 9634
44.8%
22
Belgium
KWD 8224
52.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 13584
22.2%
1
Canada
KWD 12394
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 15499
11.2%
1
Taiwan
KWD 14902
14.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 14228
18.5%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 14062
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 13822
20.8%
5
Singapore
KWD 13447
23.0%
6
Australia
KWD 13353
23.5%
7
New Zealand
KWD 13115
24.9%
8
Indonesia
KWD 12943
25.9%
9
Japan
KWD 12868
26.3%
10
Pakistan
KWD 12721
27.1%
11
Malaysia
KWD 12463
28.6%
12
China
KWD 12329
29.4%
13
Philippines
KWD 12292
29.6%
14
Vietnam
KWD 11853
32.1%
15
India
KWD 10627
39.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15692
10.1%
1
Chile
KWD 14493
17.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14352
17.8%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 14155
18.9%
4
Panama
KWD 13676
21.7%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13576
22.3%
6
Colombia
KWD 13002
25.5%
7
Peru
KWD 12953
25.8%
8
Brazil
KWD 12831
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12549
28.1%
10
Uruguay
KWD 12181
30.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 11347
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12755
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 12377
29.1%
2
South Africa
KWD 12174
30.3%
3
Mozambique
KWD 12027
31.1%
4
Nigeria
KWD 11914
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 11856
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 11548
33.9%
7
Morocco
KWD 11274
35.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 11008
37.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 10827
38.0%
10
Zambia
KWD 10827
38.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 10699
38.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16587
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16587
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 16063
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 16063
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15714
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15539
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13371
23.4%
7
Egypt
KWD 13180
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 13153
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 10228
41.4%
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%.