Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,350 KWD
Pension
- 188 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 11.75 KWD
Total tax
- 237 KWD
Net pay
* 2,113 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
2,113 KWD
Net pay
282 KWD
Tax the employer pays
237 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
519 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 282 KWD to pay you 2,350 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 28,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,847 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 25,353 KWD per year, or 2,113 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 20466
27.4%
1
Canada
KWD 18918
32.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 24413
13.4%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 23292
17.4%
2
Taiwan
KWD 23009
18.4%
3
Singapore
KWD 22971
18.5%
4
Thailand
KWD 21760
22.8%
5
South Korea
KWD 20994
25.6%
6
China
KWD 20422
27.6%
7
Australia
KWD 20205
28.4%
8
Indonesia
KWD 20204
28.4%
9
New Zealand
KWD 20189
28.4%
10
Japan
KWD 19906
29.4%
11
Pakistan
KWD 19702
30.1%
12
Malaysia
KWD 19394
31.2%
13
Philippines
KWD 19309
31.5%
14
Vietnam
KWD 18834
33.2%
15
India
KWD 15919
43.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 25198
10.7%
1
Chile
KWD 22270
21.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 22070
21.7%
3
Panama
KWD 20865
26.0%
4
Uruguay
KWD 20750
26.4%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 20730
26.5%
6
Colombia
KWD 20676
26.7%
7
Brazil
KWD 20617
26.9%
8
Ecuador
KWD 20170
28.5%
9
Peru
KWD 19691
30.2%
10
Mexico
KWD 19506
30.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 18328
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 20569
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 19895
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 19220
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 19008
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 18960
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 18876
33.1%
6
South Africa
KWD 18509
34.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 17782
36.9%
8
Cameroon
KWD 17548
37.8%
9
Zambia
KWD 17433
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 17271
38.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 16606
41.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 26790
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 26790
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 25944
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 25944
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 25380
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 25353
10.1%
6
Egypt
KWD 21235
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 21208
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 19689
30.2%
9
Turkey
KWD 16483
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%.