Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,694 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,423 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.3%
92.7%
Net pay
7.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,423 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 3,694 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.63 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.3% tax rate now rises to 14.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 44,328 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 41,073 KWD per year, or 3,423 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.3% 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 38565
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 36127
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 35684
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 33808
23.7%
4
Switzerland
KWD 32792
26.0%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 28786
35.1%
6
France
KWD 28235
36.3%
7
Norway
KWD 27536
37.9%
8
Spain
KWD 27276
38.5%
9
Austria
KWD 26684
39.8%
10
Denmark
KWD 26666
39.8%
11
Poland
KWD 26359
40.5%
12
Romania
KWD 25932
41.5%
13
Ireland
KWD 25825
41.7%
14
Greece
KWD 25455
42.6%
15
Netherlands
KWD 25203
43.1%
16
Sweden
KWD 25098
43.4%
17
Germany
KWD 23921
46.0%
18
Luxembourg
KWD 23875
46.1%
19
Italy
KWD 22347
49.6%
20
Finland
KWD 21022
52.6%
21
Portugal
KWD 19810
55.3%
22
Belgium
KWD 18238
58.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 30392
31.4%
1
Canada
KWD 27553
37.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 37808
14.7%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 37800
14.7%
2
Singapore
KWD 36452
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 34083
23.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 32918
25.7%
5
China
KWD 32681
26.3%
6
Indonesia
KWD 31106
29.8%
7
South Korea
KWD 30388
31.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 30309
31.6%
9
Pakistan
KWD 30185
31.9%
10
Japan
KWD 29898
32.6%
11
Malaysia
KWD 29700
33.0%
12
Philippines
KWD 29667
33.1%
13
Australia
KWD 29393
33.7%
14
Vietnam
KWD 29317
33.9%
15
India
KWD 23920
46.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 39472
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 33233
25.0%
2
Chile
KWD 32778
26.1%
3
Uruguay
KWD 32529
26.6%
4
Colombia
KWD 32488
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 32310
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 31630
28.7%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 30326
31.6%
8
Mexico
KWD 30151
32.0%
9
Peru
KWD 29569
33.3%
10
Ecuador
KWD 29474
33.5%
11
Argentina
KWD 28811
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 32302
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 31185
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 30190
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 29881
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 29629
33.2%
5
Mozambique
KWD 29491
33.5%
6
Morocco
KWD 27555
37.8%
7
South Africa
KWD 27432
38.1%
8
Cameroon
KWD 27367
38.3%
9
Zambia
KWD 27351
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 26948
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 25476
42.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 42112
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 42112
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 41145
7.2%
3
Kuwait
KWD 41073
7.3%
4
Oman
KWD 40782
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 39910
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 33331
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 33304
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 28849
34.9%
9
Turkey
KWD 25876
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%.