Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,972 KWD
Pension
- 158 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.86 KWD
Total tax
- 205 KWD
Net pay
* 1,767 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
1,767 KWD
Net pay
237 KWD
Tax the employer pays
205 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
442 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 237 KWD to pay you 1,972 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 23,664 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,461 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 21,203 KWD per year, or 1,767 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 20588
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 19286
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 19050
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 19011
19.7%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 17908
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 17059
27.9%
6
France
KWD 16964
28.3%
7
Norway
KWD 16367
30.8%
8
Spain
KWD 16021
32.3%
9
Ireland
KWD 15906
32.8%
10
Denmark
KWD 15733
33.5%
11
Austria
KWD 14842
37.3%
12
Netherlands
KWD 14767
37.6%
13
Sweden
KWD 14764
37.6%
14
Luxembourg
KWD 14507
38.7%
15
Poland
KWD 14466
38.9%
16
Greece
KWD 14026
40.7%
17
Romania
KWD 13843
41.5%
18
Germany
KWD 13741
41.9%
19
Finland
KWD 13072
44.8%
20
Italy
KWD 12953
45.3%
21
Portugal
KWD 12363
47.8%
22
Belgium
KWD 10516
55.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 17554
25.8%
1
Canada
KWD 16350
30.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 20649
12.7%
1
Taiwan
KWD 19776
16.4%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 19211
18.8%
3
Singapore
KWD 18979
19.8%
4
Thailand
KWD 18585
21.5%
5
South Korea
KWD 18207
23.1%
6
Australia
KWD 17417
26.4%
7
China
KWD 17247
27.1%
8
New Zealand
KWD 17185
27.4%
9
Indonesia
KWD 17138
27.6%
10
Japan
KWD 17056
27.9%
11
Pakistan
KWD 16754
29.2%
12
Malaysia
KWD 16468
30.4%
13
Philippines
KWD 16345
30.9%
14
Vietnam
KWD 15885
32.9%
15
India
KWD 13484
43.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 21183
10.5%
1
Chile
KWD 19129
19.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 18823
20.5%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 18038
23.8%
4
Panama
KWD 17837
24.6%
5
Ecuador
KWD 17500
26.1%
6
Brazil
KWD 17329
26.8%
7
Colombia
KWD 17293
26.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 17177
27.4%
9
Peru
KWD 16913
28.5%
10
Mexico
KWD 16515
30.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 15379
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 17269
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 16720
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 16134
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 16060
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 15960
32.6%
5
South Africa
KWD 15834
33.1%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 15781
33.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 15033
36.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 14786
37.5%
9
Zambia
KWD 14643
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 14549
38.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 14111
40.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 22481
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 22481
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 21771
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 21771
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 21298
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 21203
10.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 17833
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 17806
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 17095
27.8%
9
Turkey
KWD 13841
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%.