Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,744 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.72 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 2,473 KWD
Marginal tax rate
6.1%
Average tax rate
9.9%
90.1%
Net pay
9.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,473 KWD
Net pay
329 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
600 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 329 KWD to pay you 2,744 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 32,928 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,249 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 29,679 KWD per year, or 2,473 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.9% and your marginal tax rate is 6.1%. 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 6.12 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 93.88 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 939 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,694 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 28647
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 26836
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 26507
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 25359
23.0%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 25030
24.0%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 22316
32.2%
6
France
KWD 22247
32.4%
7
Norway
KWD 21431
34.9%
8
Spain
KWD 21080
36.0%
9
Denmark
KWD 20826
36.8%
10
Ireland
KWD 20353
38.2%
11
Austria
KWD 20163
38.8%
12
Poland
KWD 19798
39.9%
13
Netherlands
KWD 19446
40.9%
14
Sweden
KWD 19397
41.1%
15
Romania
KWD 19263
41.5%
16
Greece
KWD 19071
42.1%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 18749
43.1%
18
Germany
KWD 18087
45.1%
19
Italy
KWD 17173
47.9%
20
Finland
KWD 16824
48.9%
21
Portugal
KWD 15421
53.2%
22
Belgium
KWD 13977
57.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 23448
28.8%
1
Canada
KWD 21594
34.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 28338
13.9%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 27548
16.3%
2
Singapore
KWD 26990
18.0%
3
Taiwan
KWD 26319
20.1%
4
China
KWD 25317
23.1%
5
Thailand
KWD 25070
23.9%
6
South Korea
KWD 23798
27.7%
7
Indonesia
KWD 23400
28.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 23355
29.1%
9
Australia
KWD 23089
29.9%
10
Japan
KWD 22878
30.5%
11
Pakistan
KWD 22775
30.8%
12
Malaysia
KWD 22422
31.9%
13
Philippines
KWD 22398
32.0%
14
Vietnam
KWD 21907
33.5%
15
India
KWD 18457
44.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 29382
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 25456
22.7%
2
Chile
KWD 25368
23.0%
3
Uruguay
KWD 24225
26.4%
4
Colombia
KWD 24163
26.6%
5
Brazil
KWD 24045
27.0%
6
Panama
KWD 24021
27.1%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 23536
28.5%
8
Ecuador
KWD 22953
30.3%
9
Mexico
KWD 22627
31.3%
10
Peru
KWD 22587
31.4%
11
Argentina
KWD 21401
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 24008
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 23205
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 22436
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 22102
32.9%
4
Ghana
KWD 22088
32.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 22081
32.9%
6
South Africa
KWD 21162
35.7%
7
Morocco
KWD 20647
37.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 20426
38.0%
9
Zambia
KWD 20340
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 20108
38.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 19206
41.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 31282
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 31282
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 30294
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 30294
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 29679
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 29635
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 24781
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 24754
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 22394
32.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 19236
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%.