Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,318 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,047 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
4,047 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 4,318 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 51,816 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 48,561 KWD per year, or 4,047 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 45080
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 42230
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 41712
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 39574
23.6%
4
Switzerland
KWD 37430
27.8%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 33035
36.2%
6
France
KWD 31926
38.4%
7
Norway
KWD 31543
39.1%
8
Spain
KWD 31305
39.6%
9
Austria
KWD 30899
40.4%
10
Poland
KWD 30669
40.8%
11
Denmark
KWD 30501
41.1%
12
Romania
KWD 30312
41.5%
13
Greece
KWD 29648
42.8%
14
Ireland
KWD 29419
43.2%
15
Netherlands
KWD 28984
44.1%
16
Sweden
KWD 28843
44.3%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 27864
46.2%
18
Germany
KWD 27808
46.3%
19
Italy
KWD 25745
50.3%
20
Finland
KWD 23779
54.1%
21
Portugal
KWD 22693
56.2%
22
Belgium
KWD 21037
59.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 35326
31.8%
1
Canada
KWD 31110
40.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 44547
14.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 44015
15.1%
2
Singapore
KWD 42510
18.0%
3
Taiwan
KWD 38677
25.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 37839
27.0%
5
China
KWD 36948
28.7%
6
Indonesia
KWD 36168
30.2%
7
Pakistan
KWD 35052
32.4%
8
New Zealand
KWD 34877
32.7%
9
South Korea
KWD 34599
33.2%
10
Japan
KWD 34446
33.5%
11
Malaysia
KWD 34417
33.6%
12
Philippines
KWD 34323
33.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 34184
34.0%
14
Australia
KWD 33362
35.6%
15
India
KWD 27823
46.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 46100
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 38259
26.2%
2
Colombia
KWD 37941
26.8%
3
Brazil
KWD 37739
27.2%
4
Chile
KWD 37645
27.4%
5
Uruguay
KWD 37629
27.4%
6
Panama
KWD 36628
29.3%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 35158
32.2%
8
Mexico
KWD 35079
32.3%
9
Peru
KWD 34156
34.1%
10
Ecuador
KWD 33746
34.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 33678
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 37749
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 36427
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 35283
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 34990
32.5%
4
Ghana
KWD 34582
33.3%
5
Mozambique
KWD 34359
33.7%
6
Morocco
KWD 32093
38.1%
7
Zambia
KWD 31956
38.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 31926
38.4%
9
South Africa
KWD 31550
39.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 31440
39.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 29594
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 49225
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 49225
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 48561
6.3%
3
Bahrain
KWD 48558
6.3%
4
Oman
KWD 47671
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 47398
8.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 38947
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 38920
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 32939
36.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 30237
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%.