Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,958 KWD
Pension
- 157 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.79 KWD
Total tax
- 204 KWD
Net pay
* 1,754 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.4%
89.6%
Net pay
10.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,754 KWD
Net pay
235 KWD
Tax the employer pays
204 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
439 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 235 KWD to pay you 1,958 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.24 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.4% tax rate now rises to 20.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23,496 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,447 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 21,049 KWD per year, or 1,754 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.4% 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 20442
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 19149
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 18914
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 18892
19.6%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 17784
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 16964
27.8%
6
France
KWD 16858
28.3%
7
Norway
KWD 16272
30.8%
8
Spain
KWD 15930
32.2%
9
Ireland
KWD 15825
32.7%
10
Denmark
KWD 15625
33.5%
11
Austria
KWD 14755
37.2%
12
Netherlands
KWD 14683
37.5%
13
Sweden
KWD 14680
37.5%
14
Luxembourg
KWD 14430
38.6%
15
Poland
KWD 14370
38.8%
16
Greece
KWD 13945
40.7%
17
Romania
KWD 13745
41.5%
18
Germany
KWD 13661
41.9%
19
Finland
KWD 12994
44.7%
20
Italy
KWD 12873
45.2%
21
Portugal
KWD 12289
47.7%
22
Belgium
KWD 10454
55.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 17447
25.8%
1
Canada
KWD 16255
30.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 20509
12.7%
1
Taiwan
KWD 19652
16.4%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 19060
18.9%
3
Singapore
KWD 18830
19.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 18467
21.4%
5
South Korea
KWD 18094
23.0%
6
Australia
KWD 17307
26.3%
7
China
KWD 17129
27.1%
8
New Zealand
KWD 17075
27.3%
9
Indonesia
KWD 17024
27.5%
10
Japan
KWD 16950
27.9%
11
Pakistan
KWD 16644
29.2%
12
Malaysia
KWD 16360
30.4%
13
Philippines
KWD 16236
30.9%
14
Vietnam
KWD 15776
32.9%
15
India
KWD 13394
43.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 21034
10.5%
1
Chile
KWD 19012
19.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 18702
20.4%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 17938
23.7%
4
Panama
KWD 17725
24.6%
5
Ecuador
KWD 17401
25.9%
6
Brazil
KWD 17207
26.8%
7
Colombia
KWD 17167
26.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 17058
27.4%
9
Peru
KWD 16810
28.5%
10
Mexico
KWD 16407
30.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 15270
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 17146
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 16603
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 16020
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 15951
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 15848
32.6%
5
South Africa
KWD 15735
33.0%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 15666
33.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 14931
36.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 14683
37.5%
9
Zambia
KWD 14540
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 14448
38.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 14018
40.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 22321
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 22321
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 21616
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 21616
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 21146
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 21049
10.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 17707
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 17680
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 16999
27.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 13743
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%.