Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,878 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,607 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.0%
93.0%
Net pay
7.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,607 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 3,878 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.55 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7% tax rate now rises to 14.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 46,536 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 43,281 KWD per year, or 3,607 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.0% 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 40486
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 37927
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 37461
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 35508
23.7%
4
Switzerland
KWD 34168
26.6%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 30039
35.5%
6
France
KWD 29323
37.0%
7
Norway
KWD 28717
38.3%
8
Spain
KWD 28464
38.8%
9
Austria
KWD 27927
40.0%
10
Denmark
KWD 27797
40.3%
11
Poland
KWD 27630
40.6%
12
Romania
KWD 27224
41.5%
13
Ireland
KWD 26885
42.2%
14
Greece
KWD 26691
42.6%
15
Netherlands
KWD 26318
43.5%
16
Sweden
KWD 26202
43.7%
17
Germany
KWD 25067
46.1%
18
Luxembourg
KWD 24971
46.3%
19
Italy
KWD 23349
49.8%
20
Finland
KWD 21835
53.1%
21
Portugal
KWD 20660
55.6%
22
Belgium
KWD 19064
59.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 31789
31.7%
1
Canada
KWD 28602
38.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 39795
14.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 39632
14.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 38254
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 35438
23.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 34369
26.2%
5
China
KWD 33939
27.1%
6
Indonesia
KWD 32599
30.0%
7
New Zealand
KWD 31656
32.0%
8
South Korea
KWD 31630
32.0%
9
Pakistan
KWD 31620
32.1%
10
Japan
KWD 31257
32.8%
11
Malaysia
KWD 31091
33.2%
12
Philippines
KWD 31040
33.3%
13
Vietnam
KWD 30752
33.9%
14
Australia
KWD 30563
34.3%
15
India
KWD 25071
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 41426
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 34715
25.4%
2
Chile
KWD 34213
26.5%
3
Colombia
KWD 34096
26.7%
4
Uruguay
KWD 33975
27.0%
5
Brazil
KWD 33911
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 33104
28.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 31697
31.9%
8
Mexico
KWD 31608
32.1%
9
Peru
KWD 30922
33.6%
10
Ecuador
KWD 30734
34.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 30246
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 33908
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 32731
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 31692
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 31387
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 31089
33.2%
5
Mozambique
KWD 30927
33.5%
6
Morocco
KWD 28893
37.9%
7
Cameroon
KWD 28711
38.3%
8
Zambia
KWD 28709
38.3%
9
South Africa
KWD 28646
38.4%
10
Senegal
KWD 28272
39.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 26690
42.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 44209
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 44209
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 43331
6.9%
3
Kuwait
KWD 43281
7.0%
4
Oman
KWD 42813
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 42118
9.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 34987
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 34960
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 30055
35.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 27162
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%.