Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,706 KWD
Pension
- 136 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 8.53 KWD
Total tax
- 183 KWD
Net pay
* 1,523 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
1,523 KWD
Net pay
205 KWD
Tax the employer pays
183 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
387 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 205 KWD to pay you 1,706 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 20,472 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,190 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 18,282 KWD per year, or 1,523 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 17811
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 16739
18.2%
2
Hungary
KWD 16685
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 16480
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 15546
24.1%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 15241
25.6%
6
France
KWD 14944
27.0%
7
Norway
KWD 14560
28.9%
8
Ireland
KWD 14290
30.2%
9
Spain
KWD 14215
30.6%
10
Denmark
KWD 13676
33.2%
11
Austria
KWD 13188
35.6%
12
Sweden
KWD 13168
35.7%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 13044
36.3%
14
Netherlands
KWD 12883
37.1%
15
Poland
KWD 12629
38.3%
16
Greece
KWD 12491
39.0%
17
Germany
KWD 12184
40.5%
18
Romania
KWD 11976
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 11578
43.5%
20
Italy
KWD 11440
44.1%
21
Portugal
KWD 10959
46.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 9336
54.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 15512
24.2%
1
Canada
KWD 14440
29.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 17999
12.1%
1
Taiwan
KWD 17267
15.7%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 16502
19.4%
3
Thailand
KWD 16350
20.1%
4
Singapore
KWD 16154
21.1%
5
South Korea
KWD 15972
22.0%
6
Australia
KWD 15326
25.1%
7
New Zealand
KWD 15091
26.3%
8
Japan
KWD 15012
26.7%
9
Indonesia
KWD 14980
26.8%
10
Pakistan
KWD 14679
28.3%
11
China
KWD 14588
28.7%
12
Malaysia
KWD 14410
29.6%
13
Philippines
KWD 14260
30.3%
14
Vietnam
KWD 13810
32.5%
15
India
KWD 11771
42.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18358
10.3%
1
Chile
KWD 16811
17.9%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 16537
19.2%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 16144
21.1%
4
Panama
KWD 15706
23.3%
5
Ecuador
KWD 15592
23.8%
6
Brazil
KWD 15014
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 14963
26.9%
8
Peru
KWD 14958
26.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 14906
27.2%
10
Mexico
KWD 14495
29.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 13305
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 14947
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 14486
29.2%
2
Mozambique
KWD 13985
31.7%
3
Nigeria
KWD 13963
31.8%
4
South Africa
KWD 13951
31.9%
5
Ghana
KWD 13848
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 13603
33.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 13099
36.0%
8
Cameroon
KWD 12842
37.3%
9
Zambia
KWD 12680
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 12634
38.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 12355
39.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 19448
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 19448
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 18834
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 18834
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 18425
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 18282
10.7%
6
Egypt
KWD 15439
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 15412
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 15200
25.8%
9
Turkey
KWD 11982
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%.