Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,712 KWD
Pension
- 217 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.56 KWD
Total tax
- 268 KWD
Net pay
* 2,444 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
9.9%
90.1%
Net pay
9.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,444 KWD
Net pay
325 KWD
Tax the employer pays
268 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
593 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 325 KWD to pay you 2,712 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.19 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.9% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 32,544 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,216 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 29,328 KWD per year, or 2,444 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.9% 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 23211
28.7%
1
Canada
KWD 21377
34.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 28019
13.9%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 27202
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 26663
18.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 26050
20.0%
4
China
KWD 24933
23.4%
5
Thailand
KWD 24801
23.8%
6
South Korea
KWD 23570
27.6%
7
Indonesia
KWD 23140
28.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 23100
29.0%
9
Australia
KWD 22855
29.8%
10
Japan
KWD 22636
30.4%
11
Pakistan
KWD 22526
30.8%
12
Malaysia
KWD 22176
31.9%
13
Philippines
KWD 22147
32.0%
14
Vietnam
KWD 21657
33.5%
15
India
KWD 18251
43.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 29042
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 25181
22.6%
2
Chile
KWD 25119
22.8%
3
Uruguay
KWD 23959
26.4%
4
Colombia
KWD 23880
26.6%
5
Brazil
KWD 23767
27.0%
6
Panama
KWD 23764
27.0%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 23308
28.4%
8
Ecuador
KWD 22727
30.2%
9
Mexico
KWD 22373
31.3%
10
Peru
KWD 22352
31.3%
11
Argentina
KWD 21151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 23729
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 22936
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 22175
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 21840
32.9%
4
Ghana
KWD 21834
32.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 21832
32.9%
6
South Africa
KWD 20950
35.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 20414
37.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 20192
38.0%
9
Zambia
KWD 20104
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 19877
38.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 18995
41.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 30917
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 30917
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 29940
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 29940
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 29328
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 29290
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 24493
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 24466
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 22174
31.9%
9
Turkey
KWD 19013
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%.