Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14,917 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 14,646 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.8%
98.2%
Net pay
1.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14,646 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 14,917 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.40 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.8% tax rate now rises to 3.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179,004 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 175,749 KWD per year, or 14,646 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.8% 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 155733
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 145888
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 144098
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 137509
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 104823
41.4%
5
Romania
KWD 104717
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 103872
42.0%
7
Greece
KWD 100873
43.7%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 99468
44.4%
9
Norway
KWD 98494
45.0%
10
Austria
KWD 98202
45.1%
11
Spain
KWD 98145
45.2%
12
Denmark
KWD 95649
46.6%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 95192
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 93214
47.9%
15
Sweden
KWD 92449
48.4%
16
Germany
KWD 90946
49.2%
17
Ireland
KWD 90469
49.5%
18
France
KWD 86800
51.5%
19
Italy
KWD 83463
53.4%
20
Finland
KWD 70609
60.6%
21
Belgium
KWD 68580
61.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 67185
62.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 106120
40.7%
1
Canada
KWD 90362
49.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 159016
11.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 149581
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 142253
20.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 122147
31.8%
4
Thailand
KWD 120585
32.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 117725
34.2%
6
Vietnam
KWD 116856
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 115138
35.7%
8
Philippines
KWD 113292
36.7%
9
New Zealand
KWD 112461
37.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 111578
37.7%
11
China
KWD 107172
40.1%
12
Japan
KWD 104582
41.6%
13
South Korea
KWD 102768
42.6%
14
Australia
KWD 100771
43.7%
15
India
KWD 87577
51.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 158671
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 129950
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 123634
30.9%
3
Panama
KWD 121526
32.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 117833
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 117472
34.4%
6
Uruguay
KWD 117096
34.6%
7
Colombia
KWD 116425
35.0%
8
Argentina
KWD 116350
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 114889
35.8%
10
Peru
KWD 112059
37.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 106302
40.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 130279
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 125458
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 121797
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 121773
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 118717
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 117031
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 110177
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 109365
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 109167
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 107753
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 101503
43.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 99548
44.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 175749
1.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 174586
2.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 174474
2.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 170054
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 170054
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 164684
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 134338
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 134311
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 104312
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 97016
45.8%
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%.