Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,674 KWD
Pension
- 134 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 8.37 KWD
Total tax
- 180 KWD
Net pay
* 1,494 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.7%
89.3%
Net pay
10.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,494 KWD
Net pay
201 KWD
Tax the employer pays
180 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
381 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 201 KWD to pay you 1,674 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.27 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.7% tax rate now rises to 20.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,088 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,157 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,931 KWD per year, or 1,494 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.7% and your marginal tax rate is 8.5%. 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 8.50 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 91.50 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 915 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,575 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 17477
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 16464
18.0%
2
Hungary
KWD 16372
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 16171
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 15262
24.0%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 15021
25.2%
6
France
KWD 14701
26.8%
7
Norway
KWD 14343
28.6%
8
Ireland
KWD 14092
29.9%
9
Spain
KWD 13975
30.4%
10
Denmark
KWD 13428
33.2%
11
Austria
KWD 12989
35.3%
12
Sweden
KWD 12976
35.4%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 12868
35.9%
14
Netherlands
KWD 12641
37.1%
15
Poland
KWD 12408
38.2%
16
Greece
KWD 12306
38.7%
17
Germany
KWD 11990
40.3%
18
Romania
KWD 11751
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 11398
43.3%
20
Italy
KWD 11258
44.0%
21
Portugal
KWD 10790
46.3%
22
Belgium
KWD 9194
54.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 15266
24.0%
1
Canada
KWD 14188
29.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 17681
12.0%
1
Taiwan
KWD 16965
15.6%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 16191
19.4%
3
Thailand
KWD 16082
19.9%
4
Singapore
KWD 15814
21.3%
5
South Korea
KWD 15698
21.9%
6
Australia
KWD 15075
25.0%
7
New Zealand
KWD 14839
26.1%
8
Japan
KWD 14755
26.6%
9
Indonesia
KWD 14720
26.7%
10
Pakistan
KWD 14429
28.2%
11
China
KWD 14300
28.8%
12
Malaysia
KWD 14162
29.5%
13
Philippines
KWD 14009
30.3%
14
Vietnam
KWD 13561
32.5%
15
India
KWD 11564
42.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18018
10.3%
1
Chile
KWD 16517
17.8%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 16262
19.1%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 15916
20.8%
4
Panama
KWD 15450
23.1%
5
Ecuador
KWD 15356
23.6%
6
Brazil
KWD 14736
26.6%
7
Peru
KWD 14722
26.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 14711
26.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 14632
27.2%
10
Mexico
KWD 14252
29.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 13055
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 14667
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 14217
29.2%
2
Mozambique
KWD 13735
31.6%
3
South Africa
KWD 13725
31.7%
4
Nigeria
KWD 13702
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 13594
32.3%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 13341
33.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 12866
36.0%
8
Cameroon
KWD 12609
37.2%
9
Zambia
KWD 12444
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 12404
38.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 12144
39.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 19084
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 19084
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 18481
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 18481
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 18079
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 17931
10.7%
6
Egypt
KWD 15151
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 15124
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 14966
25.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 11758
41.5%
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%.