Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,900 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,629 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
3,629 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 3,900 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.54 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7% tax rate now rises to 14.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 46,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 43,545 KWD per year, or 3,629 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 40716
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 38142
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 37674
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 35712
23.7%
4
Switzerland
KWD 34331
26.6%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 30189
35.5%
6
France
KWD 29453
37.1%
7
Norway
KWD 28859
38.3%
8
Spain
KWD 28606
38.9%
9
Austria
KWD 28076
40.0%
10
Denmark
KWD 27932
40.3%
11
Poland
KWD 27782
40.6%
12
Romania
KWD 27378
41.5%
13
Ireland
KWD 27011
42.3%
14
Greece
KWD 26839
42.7%
15
Netherlands
KWD 26451
43.5%
16
Sweden
KWD 26334
43.7%
17
Germany
KWD 25204
46.2%
18
Luxembourg
KWD 25119
46.3%
19
Italy
KWD 23468
49.9%
20
Finland
KWD 21932
53.1%
21
Portugal
KWD 20762
55.6%
22
Belgium
KWD 19162
59.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 31965
31.7%
1
Canada
KWD 28728
38.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 40032
14.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 39851
14.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 38467
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 35600
23.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 34543
26.2%
5
China
KWD 34090
27.2%
6
Indonesia
KWD 32778
30.0%
7
New Zealand
KWD 31817
32.0%
8
Pakistan
KWD 31792
32.1%
9
South Korea
KWD 31778
32.1%
10
Japan
KWD 31420
32.9%
11
Malaysia
KWD 31257
33.2%
12
Philippines
KWD 31204
33.3%
13
Vietnam
KWD 30924
33.9%
14
Australia
KWD 30703
34.4%
15
India
KWD 25209
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 41660
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 34892
25.4%
2
Chile
KWD 34385
26.5%
3
Colombia
KWD 34288
26.7%
4
Uruguay
KWD 34148
27.0%
5
Brazil
KWD 34102
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 33280
28.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 31870
31.9%
8
Mexico
KWD 31782
32.1%
9
Peru
KWD 31084
33.6%
10
Ecuador
KWD 30884
34.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 30418
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 34100
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 32915
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 31871
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 31567
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 31264
33.2%
5
Mozambique
KWD 31098
33.6%
6
Morocco
KWD 29053
37.9%
7
Cameroon
KWD 28872
38.3%
8
Zambia
KWD 28872
38.3%
9
South Africa
KWD 28791
38.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 28431
39.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 26836
42.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 44460
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 44460
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 43592
6.9%
3
Kuwait
KWD 43545
7.0%
4
Oman
KWD 43056
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 42382
9.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 35185
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 35158
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 30199
35.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 27316
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%.