Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,019 KWD
Pension
- 162 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 10.10 KWD
Total tax
- 209 KWD
Net pay
* 1,810 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
1,810 KWD
Net pay
242 KWD
Tax the employer pays
209 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
451 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 242 KWD to pay you 2,019 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 24,228 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,509 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 21,719 KWD per year, or 1,810 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 21078
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 19746
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 19504
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 19407
19.9%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 18334
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 17379
28.3%
6
France
KWD 17321
28.5%
7
Norway
KWD 16686
31.1%
8
Spain
KWD 16329
32.6%
9
Ireland
KWD 16177
33.2%
10
Denmark
KWD 16096
33.6%
11
Austria
KWD 15135
37.5%
12
Netherlands
KWD 15052
37.9%
13
Sweden
KWD 15046
37.9%
14
Poland
KWD 14791
39.0%
15
Luxembourg
KWD 14765
39.1%
16
Greece
KWD 14297
41.0%
17
Romania
KWD 14173
41.5%
18
Germany
KWD 14008
42.2%
19
Finland
KWD 13336
45.0%
20
Italy
KWD 13220
45.4%
21
Portugal
KWD 12612
48.0%
22
Belgium
KWD 10725
55.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 17915
26.1%
1
Canada
KWD 16671
31.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 21117
12.8%
1
Taiwan
KWD 20194
16.7%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 19718
18.6%
3
Singapore
KWD 19478
19.6%
4
Thailand
KWD 18980
21.7%
5
South Korea
KWD 18587
23.3%
6
Australia
KWD 17782
26.6%
7
China
KWD 17641
27.2%
8
New Zealand
KWD 17555
27.5%
9
Indonesia
KWD 17519
27.7%
10
Japan
KWD 17410
28.1%
11
Pakistan
KWD 17120
29.3%
12
Malaysia
KWD 16832
30.5%
13
Philippines
KWD 16714
31.0%
14
Vietnam
KWD 16252
32.9%
15
India
KWD 13787
43.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 21682
10.5%
1
Chile
KWD 19522
19.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 19226
20.6%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 18373
24.2%
4
Panama
KWD 18213
24.8%
5
Ecuador
KWD 17832
26.4%
6
Brazil
KWD 17738
26.8%
7
Colombia
KWD 17718
26.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 17579
27.4%
9
Peru
KWD 17258
28.8%
10
Mexico
KWD 16886
30.3%
11
Argentina
KWD 15746
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 17679
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 17115
29.4%
2
Nigeria
KWD 16518
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 16426
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 16333
32.6%
5
South Africa
KWD 16167
33.3%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 16166
33.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 15375
36.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 15129
37.6%
9
Zambia
KWD 14990
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 14888
38.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 14421
40.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 23017
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 23017
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 22290
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 22290
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 21805
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 21719
10.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 18256
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 18229
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 17417
28.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 14169
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%.