Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,738 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,467 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
3,467 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 3,738 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 44,856 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 41,601 KWD per year, or 3,467 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 39025
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 36558
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 36109
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 34215
23.7%
4
Switzerland
KWD 33124
26.2%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 29086
35.2%
6
France
KWD 28495
36.5%
7
Norway
KWD 27818
38.0%
8
Spain
KWD 27560
38.6%
9
Austria
KWD 26981
39.9%
10
Denmark
KWD 26936
40.0%
11
Poland
KWD 26663
40.6%
12
Romania
KWD 26241
41.5%
13
Ireland
KWD 26078
41.9%
14
Greece
KWD 25750
42.6%
15
Netherlands
KWD 25469
43.2%
16
Sweden
KWD 25362
43.5%
17
Germany
KWD 24195
46.1%
18
Luxembourg
KWD 24118
46.2%
19
Italy
KWD 22586
49.7%
20
Finland
KWD 21216
52.7%
21
Portugal
KWD 20013
55.4%
22
Belgium
KWD 18436
58.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 30722
31.5%
1
Canada
KWD 27804
38.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 38283
14.7%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 38238
14.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 36885
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 34407
23.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 33265
25.8%
5
China
KWD 32982
26.5%
6
Indonesia
KWD 31463
29.9%
7
South Korea
KWD 30685
31.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 30631
31.7%
9
Pakistan
KWD 30528
31.9%
10
Japan
KWD 30223
32.6%
11
Malaysia
KWD 30032
33.1%
12
Philippines
KWD 29995
33.1%
13
Australia
KWD 29673
33.9%
14
Vietnam
KWD 29660
33.9%
15
India
KWD 24196
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 39939
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 33587
25.1%
2
Chile
KWD 33121
26.2%
3
Uruguay
KWD 32875
26.7%
4
Colombia
KWD 32872
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 32693
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 31982
28.7%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 30649
31.7%
8
Mexico
KWD 30499
32.0%
9
Peru
KWD 29893
33.4%
10
Ecuador
KWD 29775
33.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 29154
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 32686
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 31555
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 30549
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 30241
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 29978
33.2%
5
Mozambique
KWD 29835
33.5%
6
Morocco
KWD 27875
37.9%
7
South Africa
KWD 27722
38.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 27689
38.3%
9
Zambia
KWD 27676
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 27264
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 25766
42.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 42613
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 42613
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 41668
7.1%
3
Kuwait
KWD 41601
7.3%
4
Oman
KWD 41268
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 40438
9.9%
6
Egypt
KWD 33727
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 33700
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 29137
35.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 26183
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%.