Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,088 KWD
Pension
- 167 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 10.44 KWD
Total tax
- 215 KWD
Net pay
* 1,873 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.3%
89.7%
Net pay
10.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,873 KWD
Net pay
251 KWD
Tax the employer pays
215 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
466 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 251 KWD to pay you 2,088 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.23 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.3% tax rate now rises to 19.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 25,056 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,580 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 22,476 KWD per year, or 1,873 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.3% 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 21799
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 20421
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 20170
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 19982
20.3%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 18970
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 17849
28.8%
6
France
KWD 17845
28.8%
7
Norway
KWD 17155
31.5%
8
Spain
KWD 16781
33.0%
9
Denmark
KWD 16617
33.7%
10
Ireland
KWD 16574
33.9%
11
Austria
KWD 15572
37.9%
12
Netherlands
KWD 15470
38.3%
13
Sweden
KWD 15460
38.3%
14
Poland
KWD 15268
39.1%
15
Luxembourg
KWD 15145
39.6%
16
Greece
KWD 14713
41.3%
17
Romania
KWD 14658
41.5%
18
Germany
KWD 14375
42.6%
19
Finland
KWD 13724
45.2%
20
Italy
KWD 13601
45.7%
21
Portugal
KWD 12751
49.1%
22
Belgium
KWD 11034
56.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 18446
26.4%
1
Canada
KWD 17139
31.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 21804
13.0%
1
Taiwan
KWD 20808
17.0%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 20463
18.3%
3
Singapore
KWD 20211
19.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 19559
21.9%
5
South Korea
KWD 19129
23.7%
6
Australia
KWD 18287
27.0%
7
China
KWD 18221
27.3%
8
New Zealand
KWD 18099
27.8%
9
Indonesia
KWD 18079
27.9%
10
Japan
KWD 17931
28.4%
11
Pakistan
KWD 17658
29.5%
12
Malaysia
KWD 17366
30.7%
13
Philippines
KWD 17255
31.1%
14
Vietnam
KWD 16790
33.0%
15
India
KWD 14231
43.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 22415
10.5%
1
Chile
KWD 20098
19.8%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 19819
20.9%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 18864
24.7%
4
Panama
KWD 18766
25.1%
5
Colombia
KWD 18341
26.8%
6
Brazil
KWD 18338
26.8%
7
Ecuador
KWD 18319
26.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 18168
27.5%
9
Peru
KWD 17765
29.1%
10
Mexico
KWD 17431
30.4%
11
Argentina
KWD 16284
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 18281
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 17695
29.4%
2
Nigeria
KWD 17081
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 16965
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 16880
32.6%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 16731
33.2%
6
South Africa
KWD 16656
33.5%
7
Morocco
KWD 15877
36.6%
8
Cameroon
KWD 15633
37.6%
9
Zambia
KWD 15499
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 15384
38.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 14876
40.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 23803
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 23803
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 23052
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 23052
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 22550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 22476
10.3%
6
Egypt
KWD 18877
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 18850
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 17891
28.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 14652
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%.