Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,474 KWD
Pension
- 118 KWD
Social Security
** - 36.85 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.37 KWD
Total tax
- 162 KWD
Net pay
* 1,312 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
1,312 KWD
Net pay
177 KWD
Tax the employer pays
162 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
339 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 177 KWD to pay you 1,474 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 17,688 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,946 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,742 KWD per year, or 1,312 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 15389
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 14725
16.8%
2
Hungary
KWD 14416
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 14239
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 13486
23.8%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 13455
23.9%
6
France
KWD 13182
25.5%
7
Norway
KWD 12956
26.8%
8
Ireland
KWD 12856
27.3%
9
Spain
KWD 12472
29.5%
10
Denmark
KWD 11881
32.8%
11
Sweden
KWD 11775
33.4%
12
Luxembourg
KWD 11769
33.5%
13
Austria
KWD 11745
33.6%
14
Greece
KWD 11152
37.0%
15
Netherlands
KWD 11131
37.1%
16
Poland
KWD 11027
37.7%
17
Germany
KWD 10811
38.9%
18
Romania
KWD 10347
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 10274
41.9%
20
Italy
KWD 10123
42.8%
21
Portugal
KWD 9734
45.0%
22
Belgium
KWD 8308
53.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 13730
22.4%
1
Canada
KWD 12552
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 15689
11.3%
1
Taiwan
KWD 15081
14.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 14394
18.6%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 14247
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 13985
20.9%
5
Singapore
KWD 13660
22.8%
6
Australia
KWD 13503
23.7%
7
New Zealand
KWD 13265
25.0%
8
Indonesia
KWD 13097
26.0%
9
Japan
KWD 13034
26.3%
10
Pakistan
KWD 12869
27.2%
11
Malaysia
KWD 12611
28.7%
12
China
KWD 12500
29.3%
13
Philippines
KWD 12441
29.7%
14
Vietnam
KWD 12001
32.2%
15
India
KWD 10739
39.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15894
10.1%
1
Chile
KWD 14669
17.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14523
17.9%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 14308
19.1%
4
Panama
KWD 13833
21.8%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13747
22.3%
6
Colombia
KWD 13142
25.7%
7
Peru
KWD 13113
25.9%
8
Brazil
KWD 12996
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12698
28.2%
10
Uruguay
KWD 12532
29.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 11495
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12921
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 12537
29.1%
2
South Africa
KWD 12309
30.4%
3
Mozambique
KWD 12175
31.2%
4
Nigeria
KWD 12069
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 12006
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 11703
33.8%
7
Morocco
KWD 11412
35.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 11147
37.0%
9
Zambia
KWD 10968
38.0%
10
Senegal
KWD 10964
38.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 10824
38.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16804
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16804
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 16273
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 16273
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15919
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15742
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13509
23.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 13351
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 13324
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 10360
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%.