Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,728 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,457 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
3,457 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 3,728 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.61 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.3% tax rate now rises to 14.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 44,736 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 41,481 KWD per year, or 3,457 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 38920
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 36460
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 36012
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 34122
23.7%
4
Switzerland
KWD 33049
26.1%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 29017
35.1%
6
France
KWD 28436
36.4%
7
Norway
KWD 27754
38.0%
8
Spain
KWD 27496
38.5%
9
Austria
KWD 26914
39.8%
10
Denmark
KWD 26875
39.9%
11
Poland
KWD 26594
40.6%
12
Romania
KWD 26171
41.5%
13
Ireland
KWD 26021
41.8%
14
Greece
KWD 25683
42.6%
15
Netherlands
KWD 25409
43.2%
16
Sweden
KWD 25302
43.4%
17
Germany
KWD 24132
46.1%
18
Luxembourg
KWD 24063
46.2%
19
Italy
KWD 22532
49.6%
20
Finland
KWD 21172
52.7%
21
Portugal
KWD 19967
55.4%
22
Belgium
KWD 18391
58.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 30647
31.5%
1
Canada
KWD 27747
38.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 38175
14.7%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 38138
14.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 36787
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 34333
23.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 33186
25.8%
5
China
KWD 32913
26.4%
6
Indonesia
KWD 31382
29.9%
7
South Korea
KWD 30618
31.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 30558
31.7%
9
Pakistan
KWD 30450
31.9%
10
Japan
KWD 30149
32.6%
11
Malaysia
KWD 29957
33.0%
12
Philippines
KWD 29920
33.1%
13
Australia
KWD 29609
33.8%
14
Vietnam
KWD 29582
33.9%
15
India
KWD 24133
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 39833
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 33506
25.1%
2
Chile
KWD 33043
26.1%
3
Uruguay
KWD 32796
26.7%
4
Colombia
KWD 32785
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 32606
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 31902
28.7%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 30576
31.7%
8
Mexico
KWD 30420
32.0%
9
Peru
KWD 29819
33.3%
10
Ecuador
KWD 29707
33.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 29076
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 32599
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 31471
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 30468
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 30159
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 29899
33.2%
5
Mozambique
KWD 29757
33.5%
6
Morocco
KWD 27802
37.9%
7
South Africa
KWD 27656
38.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 27615
38.3%
9
Zambia
KWD 27602
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 27192
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 25700
42.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 42499
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 42499
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 41549
7.1%
3
Kuwait
KWD 41481
7.3%
4
Oman
KWD 41157
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 40318
9.9%
6
Egypt
KWD 33637
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 33610
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 29072
35.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 26113
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%.