Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,500 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,229 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
6.0%
94.0%
Net pay
6.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,229 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 4,500 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.34 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6% tax rate now rises to 12.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 54,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 50,745 KWD per year, or 4,229 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.0% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 46980
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 44010
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 43470
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 41256
23.6%
4
Switzerland
KWD 38762
28.2%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 34275
36.5%
6
France
KWD 33003
38.9%
7
Norway
KWD 32712
39.4%
8
Spain
KWD 32480
39.9%
9
Austria
KWD 32128
40.5%
10
Poland
KWD 31926
40.9%
11
Denmark
KWD 31620
41.5%
12
Romania
KWD 31590
41.5%
13
Greece
KWD 30871
42.8%
14
Ireland
KWD 30467
43.6%
15
Netherlands
KWD 30087
44.3%
16
Sweden
KWD 29935
44.6%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 29042
46.2%
18
Germany
KWD 28941
46.4%
19
Italy
KWD 26736
50.5%
20
Finland
KWD 24583
54.5%
21
Portugal
KWD 23534
56.4%
22
Belgium
KWD 21854
59.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 36804
31.8%
1
Canada
KWD 32148
40.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 46512
13.9%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 45827
15.1%
2
Singapore
KWD 44270
18.0%
3
Taiwan
KWD 40017
25.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 39275
27.3%
5
China
KWD 38193
29.3%
6
Indonesia
KWD 37645
30.3%
7
Pakistan
KWD 36472
32.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 36209
33.0%
9
South Korea
KWD 35827
33.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 35793
33.7%
11
Japan
KWD 35734
33.8%
12
Philippines
KWD 35681
33.9%
13
Vietnam
KWD 35604
34.1%
14
Australia
KWD 34519
36.1%
15
India
KWD 28962
46.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 48033
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 39725
26.4%
2
Colombia
KWD 39442
27.0%
3
Brazil
KWD 39322
27.2%
4
Uruguay
KWD 39188
27.4%
5
Chile
KWD 39065
27.7%
6
Panama
KWD 38086
29.5%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 36589
32.2%
8
Mexico
KWD 36506
32.4%
9
Peru
KWD 35494
34.3%
10
Argentina
KWD 35098
35.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 34992
35.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 39338
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 37955
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 36769
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 36480
32.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 36027
33.3%
5
Mozambique
KWD 35778
33.7%
6
Morocco
KWD 33416
38.1%
7
Zambia
KWD 33300
38.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 33256
38.4%
9
South Africa
KWD 32751
39.4%
10
Senegal
KWD 32751
39.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 30796
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 51300
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 51300
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 50745
6.0%
3
Bahrain
KWD 50720
6.1%
4
Oman
KWD 49680
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 49582
8.2%
6
Egypt
KWD 40585
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 40558
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 34132
36.8%
9
Turkey
KWD 31509
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%.