Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,334 KWD
Pension
- 187 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 11.67 KWD
Total tax
- 236 KWD
Net pay
* 2,098 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.1%
89.9%
Net pay
10.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,098 KWD
Net pay
280 KWD
Tax the employer pays
236 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
516 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 280 KWD to pay you 2,334 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.21 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.1% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 28,008 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,831 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 25,177 KWD per year, or 2,098 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.1% 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 24367
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 22827
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 22546
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 22035
21.3%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 21242
24.2%
5
France
KWD 19619
30.0%
6
United Kingdom
KWD 19524
30.3%
7
Norway
KWD 18791
32.9%
8
Spain
KWD 18393
34.3%
9
Denmark
KWD 18306
34.6%
10
Ireland
KWD 17991
35.8%
11
Austria
KWD 17309
38.2%
12
Poland
KWD 16967
39.4%
13
Netherlands
KWD 16961
39.4%
14
Sweden
KWD 16936
39.5%
15
Luxembourg
KWD 16497
41.1%
16
Romania
KWD 16385
41.5%
17
Greece
KWD 16316
41.8%
18
Germany
KWD 15665
44.1%
19
Finland
KWD 15013
46.4%
20
Italy
KWD 14941
46.7%
21
Portugal
KWD 13527
51.7%
22
Belgium
KWD 12138
56.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 20343
27.4%
1
Canada
KWD 18810
32.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 24254
13.4%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 23120
17.5%
2
Taiwan
KWD 22875
18.3%
3
Singapore
KWD 22808
18.6%
4
Thailand
KWD 21626
22.8%
5
South Korea
KWD 20880
25.5%
6
China
KWD 20287
27.6%
7
Australia
KWD 20088
28.3%
8
Indonesia
KWD 20074
28.3%
9
New Zealand
KWD 20060
28.4%
10
Japan
KWD 19786
29.4%
11
Pakistan
KWD 19577
30.1%
12
Malaysia
KWD 19270
31.2%
13
Philippines
KWD 19183
31.5%
14
Vietnam
KWD 18709
33.2%
15
India
KWD 15816
43.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 25028
10.6%
1
Chile
KWD 22140
21.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 21933
21.7%
3
Panama
KWD 20736
26.0%
4
Puerto Rico
KWD 20616
26.4%
5
Uruguay
KWD 20571
26.6%
6
Colombia
KWD 20535
26.7%
7
Brazil
KWD 20478
26.9%
8
Ecuador
KWD 20057
28.4%
9
Peru
KWD 19573
30.1%
10
Mexico
KWD 19380
30.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 18203
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 20429
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 19761
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 19089
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 18883
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 18833
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 18745
33.1%
6
South Africa
KWD 18396
34.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 17665
36.9%
8
Cameroon
KWD 17431
37.8%
9
Zambia
KWD 17314
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 17156
38.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 16500
41.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 26608
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 26608
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 25767
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 25767
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 25207
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 25177
10.1%
6
Egypt
KWD 21091
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 21064
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 19579
30.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 16371
41.6%
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%.