Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,156 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 2,885 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
8.6%
91.4%
Net pay
8.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,885 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 3,156 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.91 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.6% tax rate now rises to 17.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,872 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 34,617 KWD per year, or 2,885 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.6% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 32949
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 30866
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 30487
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 28837
23.9%
4
Switzerland
KWD 28616
24.4%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 25122
33.7%
6
France
KWD 24887
34.3%
7
Norway
KWD 24081
36.4%
8
Spain
KWD 23779
37.2%
9
Denmark
KWD 23359
38.3%
10
Austria
KWD 23029
39.2%
11
Ireland
KWD 22726
40.0%
12
Poland
KWD 22644
40.2%
13
Romania
KWD 22155
41.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 21943
42.1%
15
Sweden
KWD 21869
42.3%
16
Greece
KWD 21839
42.3%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 20961
44.7%
18
Germany
KWD 20571
45.7%
19
Italy
KWD 19417
48.7%
20
Finland
KWD 18645
50.8%
21
Portugal
KWD 17324
54.3%
22
Belgium
KWD 15825
58.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 26461
30.1%
1
Canada
KWD 24208
36.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 32441
14.3%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 31997
15.5%
2
Singapore
KWD 31158
17.7%
3
Taiwan
KWD 29780
21.4%
4
China
KWD 28530
24.7%
5
Thailand
KWD 28530
24.7%
6
Indonesia
KWD 26742
29.4%
7
South Korea
KWD 26725
29.4%
8
New Zealand
KWD 26371
30.4%
9
Pakistan
KWD 25989
31.4%
10
Australia
KWD 25971
31.4%
11
Japan
KWD 25922
31.6%
12
Philippines
KWD 25628
32.3%
13
Malaysia
KWD 25587
32.4%
14
Vietnam
KWD 25120
33.7%
15
India
KWD 20578
45.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 33758
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 28899
23.7%
2
Chile
KWD 28582
24.5%
3
Colombia
KWD 27786
26.6%
4
Uruguay
KWD 27650
27.0%
5
Brazil
KWD 27629
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 27321
27.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 26471
30.1%
8
Mexico
KWD 25890
31.6%
9
Ecuador
KWD 25791
31.9%
10
Peru
KWD 25615
32.4%
11
Argentina
KWD 24615
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 27605
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 26666
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 25799
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 25476
32.7%
4
Ghana
KWD 25358
33.0%
5
Mozambique
KWD 25295
33.2%
6
South Africa
KWD 23881
36.9%
7
Morocco
KWD 23643
37.6%
8
Cameroon
KWD 23436
38.1%
9
Zambia
KWD 23381
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 23074
39.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 21925
42.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 35978
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 35978
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 34875
7.9%
3
Oman
KWD 34842
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 34617
8.6%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 34085
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 28489
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 28462
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 25222
33.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 22116
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%.