Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,314 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,043 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
6.3%
93.7%
Net pay
6.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,043 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 4,314 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.39 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.3% tax rate now rises to 12.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,768 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 48,513 KWD per year, or 4,043 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.3% 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 45038
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 42191
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 41673
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 39537
23.6%
4
Switzerland
KWD 37400
27.8%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 33008
36.2%
6
France
KWD 31903
38.4%
7
Norway
KWD 31517
39.1%
8
Spain
KWD 31279
39.6%
9
Austria
KWD 30872
40.4%
10
Poland
KWD 30641
40.8%
11
Denmark
KWD 30476
41.1%
12
Romania
KWD 30284
41.5%
13
Greece
KWD 29621
42.8%
14
Ireland
KWD 29396
43.2%
15
Netherlands
KWD 28960
44.1%
16
Sweden
KWD 28819
44.3%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 27838
46.2%
18
Germany
KWD 27783
46.3%
19
Italy
KWD 25723
50.3%
20
Finland
KWD 23761
54.1%
21
Portugal
KWD 22674
56.2%
22
Belgium
KWD 21019
59.4%
23
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 44504
14.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 43975
15.1%
2
Singapore
KWD 42471
18.0%
3
Taiwan
KWD 38648
25.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 37808
27.0%
5
China
KWD 36921
28.7%
6
Indonesia
KWD 36136
30.2%
7
Pakistan
KWD 35021
32.4%
8
New Zealand
KWD 34848
32.7%
9
South Korea
KWD 34572
33.2%
10
Japan
KWD 34417
33.5%
11
Malaysia
KWD 34387
33.6%
12
Philippines
KWD 34293
33.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 34153
34.0%
14
Australia
KWD 33336
35.6%
15
India
KWD 27798
46.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 37714
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 36393
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 35251
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 34957
32.5%
4
Ghana
KWD 34550
33.3%
5
Mozambique
KWD 34327
33.7%
6
Morocco
KWD 32064
38.1%
7
Zambia
KWD 31927
38.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 31897
38.4%
9
South Africa
KWD 31524
39.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 31412
39.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 29568
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 49180
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 49180
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 48513
6.3%
3
Bahrain
KWD 48511
6.3%
4
Oman
KWD 47627
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 47350
8.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 38911
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 38884
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 32912
36.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 30209
41.7%
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%.