Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,865 KWD
Pension
- 149 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.33 KWD
Total tax
- 196 KWD
Net pay
* 1,669 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.5%
89.5%
Net pay
10.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,669 KWD
Net pay
224 KWD
Tax the employer pays
196 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
420 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 224 KWD to pay you 1,865 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.25 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.5% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 22,380 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,352 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,028 KWD per year, or 1,669 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.5% 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 19471
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 18240
18.5%
2
Switzerland
KWD 18105
19.1%
3
Ukraine
KWD 18016
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 16958
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 16330
27.0%
6
France
KWD 16152
27.8%
7
Norway
KWD 15640
30.1%
8
Spain
KWD 15320
31.6%
9
Ireland
KWD 15273
31.8%
10
Denmark
KWD 14905
33.4%
11
Austria
KWD 14177
36.7%
12
Sweden
KWD 14122
36.9%
13
Netherlands
KWD 14067
37.2%
14
Luxembourg
KWD 13919
37.8%
15
Poland
KWD 13727
38.7%
16
Greece
KWD 13409
40.1%
17
Germany
KWD 13126
41.4%
18
Romania
KWD 13092
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 12471
44.3%
20
Italy
KWD 12344
44.8%
21
Portugal
KWD 11798
47.3%
22
Belgium
KWD 10040
55.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 16733
25.2%
1
Canada
KWD 15621
30.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 19583
12.5%
1
Taiwan
KWD 18789
16.1%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 18058
19.3%
3
Singapore
KWD 17843
20.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 17686
21.0%
5
South Korea
KWD 17327
22.6%
6
Australia
KWD 16576
25.9%
7
China
KWD 16348
27.0%
8
New Zealand
KWD 16343
27.0%
9
Indonesia
KWD 16270
27.3%
10
Japan
KWD 16249
27.4%
11
Pakistan
KWD 15919
28.9%
12
Malaysia
KWD 15640
30.1%
13
Philippines
KWD 15506
30.7%
14
Vietnam
KWD 15051
32.8%
15
India
KWD 12795
42.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 20046
10.4%
1
Chile
KWD 18236
18.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 17903
20.0%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 17276
22.8%
4
Panama
KWD 16980
24.1%
5
Ecuador
KWD 16744
25.2%
6
Brazil
KWD 16398
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 16327
27.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 16264
27.3%
9
Peru
KWD 16126
27.9%
10
Mexico
KWD 15701
29.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 14545
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16335
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 15821
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 15261
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 15225
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15110
32.5%
5
South Africa
KWD 15077
32.6%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 14905
33.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 14255
36.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 14004
37.4%
9
Zambia
KWD 13853
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 13779
38.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 13405
40.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 21261
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 21261
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 20590
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 20590
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20142
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 20028
10.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 16870
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 16843
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 16344
27.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 13093
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%.