Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17,541 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 17,270 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.5%
98.5%
Net pay
1.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,270 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 17,541 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.34 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.5% tax rate now rises to 3.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 210,492 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 207,237 KWD per year, or 17,270 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.6% 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 183128
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 171551
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 169446
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 161755
23.2%
4
Romania
KWD 123138
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 121994
42.0%
6
Switzerland
KWD 120999
42.5%
7
Greece
KWD 118507
43.7%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 115763
45.0%
9
Norway
KWD 115056
45.3%
10
Spain
KWD 114455
45.6%
11
Austria
KWD 114280
45.7%
12
Luxembourg
KWD 111824
46.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 111777
46.9%
14
Netherlands
KWD 109116
48.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 108196
48.6%
16
Germany
KWD 106210
49.5%
17
Ireland
KWD 105584
49.8%
18
France
KWD 99826
52.6%
19
Italy
KWD 97752
53.6%
20
Finland
KWD 82203
61.0%
21
Belgium
KWD 80350
61.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 78521
62.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 122960
41.6%
1
Canada
KWD 104994
50.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 187355
11.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 175716
16.5%
2
Singapore
KWD 166813
20.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 143433
31.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 141052
33.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 138192
34.4%
6
Vietnam
KWD 137323
34.8%
7
Taiwan
KWD 134031
36.3%
8
Philippines
KWD 132840
36.9%
9
New Zealand
KWD 131669
37.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 130155
38.2%
11
China
KWD 124491
40.9%
12
Japan
KWD 121552
42.3%
13
South Korea
KWD 119182
43.4%
14
Australia
KWD 117460
44.2%
15
India
KWD 91200
56.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 186541
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 152779
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 144770
31.2%
3
Panama
KWD 142545
32.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 138300
34.3%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 137829
34.5%
6
Argentina
KWD 136818
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 136220
35.3%
8
Colombia
KWD 135632
35.6%
9
Chile
KWD 133782
36.4%
10
Peru
KWD 131345
37.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 124265
41.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 153186
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 147500
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 143258
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 143215
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 139546
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 137498
34.7%
6
Zambia
KWD 129542
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 128536
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 128249
39.1%
9
Senegal
KWD 126646
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 118822
43.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 116866
44.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 207237
1.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 206074
2.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 205647
2.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 199967
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 199967
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 193653
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 157954
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 157927
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 122651
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 112760
46.4%
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%.