Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,500 KWD
Pension
- 200 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 12.50 KWD
Total tax
- 250 KWD
Net pay
* 2,250 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.0%
90.0%
Net pay
10.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,250 KWD
Net pay
300 KWD
Tax the employer pays
250 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
550 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 300 KWD to pay you 2,500 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.20 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 30,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,000 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 27,000 KWD per year, or 2,250 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.0% 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 26100
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 24450
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 24150
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 23413
22.0%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 22776
24.1%
5
France
KWD 20683
31.1%
6
United Kingdom
KWD 20655
31.2%
7
Norway
KWD 19861
33.8%
8
Spain
KWD 19481
35.1%
9
Denmark
KWD 19327
35.6%
10
Ireland
KWD 18947
36.8%
11
Austria
KWD 18465
38.5%
12
Poland
KWD 18113
39.6%
13
Netherlands
KWD 17967
40.1%
14
Sweden
KWD 17933
40.2%
15
Romania
KWD 17550
41.5%
16
Greece
KWD 17431
41.9%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 17410
42.0%
18
Germany
KWD 16646
44.5%
19
Italy
KWD 15845
47.2%
20
Finland
KWD 15746
47.5%
21
Portugal
KWD 14294
52.4%
22
Belgium
KWD 12882
57.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 21620
27.9%
1
Canada
KWD 19937
33.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 25907
13.6%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 24912
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 24501
18.3%
3
Taiwan
KWD 24269
19.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 23020
23.3%
5
South Korea
KWD 22061
26.5%
6
China
KWD 21682
27.7%
7
Indonesia
KWD 21421
28.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 21395
28.7%
9
Australia
KWD 21303
29.0%
10
Japan
KWD 21038
29.9%
11
Pakistan
KWD 20872
30.4%
12
Malaysia
KWD 20548
31.5%
13
Philippines
KWD 20485
31.7%
14
Vietnam
KWD 20004
33.3%
15
India
KWD 16885
43.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 26791
10.7%
1
Chile
KWD 23465
21.8%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 23359
22.1%
3
Uruguay
KWD 22197
26.0%
4
Panama
KWD 22066
26.5%
5
Colombia
KWD 22004
26.7%
6
Brazil
KWD 21922
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 21798
27.3%
8
Ecuador
KWD 21229
29.2%
9
Peru
KWD 20794
30.7%
10
Mexico
KWD 20694
31.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 19498
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 21878
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 21155
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 20444
31.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 20178
32.7%
4
Ghana
KWD 20151
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 20104
33.0%
6
South Africa
KWD 19551
34.8%
7
Morocco
KWD 18873
37.1%
8
Cameroon
KWD 18643
37.9%
9
Zambia
KWD 18540
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 18351
38.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 17596
41.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 28500
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 28500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 27600
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 27600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 27000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 27000
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 22585
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 22558
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 20719
30.9%
9
Turkey
KWD 17531
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%.