Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,798 KWD
Pension
- 144 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 8.99 KWD
Total tax
- 190 KWD
Net pay
* 1,608 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.6%
89.4%
Net pay
10.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,608 KWD
Net pay
216 KWD
Tax the employer pays
190 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
406 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 216 KWD to pay you 1,798 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.26 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.6% tax rate now rises to 20.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,576 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,284 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 19,292 KWD per year, or 1,608 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.6% 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 18771
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 17584
18.5%
2
Switzerland
KWD 17529
18.8%
3
Ukraine
KWD 17369
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 16363
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 15874
26.4%
6
France
KWD 15643
27.5%
7
Norway
KWD 15185
29.6%
8
Spain
KWD 14879
31.0%
9
Ireland
KWD 14859
31.1%
10
Denmark
KWD 14387
33.3%
11
Austria
KWD 13760
36.2%
12
Sweden
KWD 13720
36.4%
13
Netherlands
KWD 13573
37.1%
14
Luxembourg
KWD 13550
37.2%
15
Poland
KWD 13265
38.5%
16
Greece
KWD 13022
39.7%
17
Germany
KWD 12735
41.0%
18
Romania
KWD 12622
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 12095
43.9%
20
Italy
KWD 11963
44.6%
21
Portugal
KWD 11445
47.0%
22
Belgium
KWD 9743
54.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 16218
24.8%
1
Canada
KWD 15141
29.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 18916
12.3%
1
Taiwan
KWD 18145
15.9%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 17396
19.4%
3
Singapore
KWD 17131
20.6%
4
Thailand
KWD 17123
20.6%
5
South Korea
KWD 16756
22.3%
6
Australia
KWD 16049
25.6%
7
New Zealand
KWD 15815
26.7%
8
Japan
KWD 15744
27.0%
9
China
KWD 15742
27.0%
10
Indonesia
KWD 15726
27.1%
11
Pakistan
KWD 15396
28.6%
12
Malaysia
KWD 15122
29.9%
13
Philippines
KWD 14981
30.6%
14
Vietnam
KWD 14528
32.7%
15
India
KWD 12363
42.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19335
10.4%
1
Chile
KWD 17655
18.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 17328
19.7%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 16799
22.1%
4
Panama
KWD 16443
23.8%
5
Ecuador
KWD 16271
24.6%
6
Brazil
KWD 15815
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 15723
27.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 15691
27.3%
9
Peru
KWD 15634
27.5%
10
Mexico
KWD 15193
29.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 14022
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15750
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 15259
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 14714
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 14703
31.9%
4
South Africa
KWD 14603
32.3%
5
Ghana
KWD 14578
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 14356
33.5%
7
Morocco
KWD 13768
36.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 13514
37.4%
9
Zambia
KWD 13359
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 13296
38.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 12962
39.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 20497
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 20497
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 19850
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 19850
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 19418
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 19292
10.6%
6
Egypt
KWD 16267
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 16240
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 15862
26.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 12625
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%.