Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
975 KWD
Pension
- 78 KWD
Social Security
** - 24.38 KWD
Unemployment
- 4.88 KWD
Total tax
- 107 KWD
Net pay
* 868 KWD
Marginal tax rate
11.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
868 KWD
Net pay
117 KWD
Tax the employer pays
107 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
224 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 117 KWD to pay you 975 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.30 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,700 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,287 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,413 KWD per year, or 868 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 11.0%. 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 11 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 89 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 890 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,450 KWD of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 10179
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 10173
13.1%
2
Ireland
KWD 9674
17.3%
3
Hungary
KWD 9536
18.5%
4
United Kingdom
KWD 9458
19.2%
5
Ukraine
KWD 9418
19.5%
6
France
KWD 9391
19.7%
7
Czech Republic
KWD 9055
22.6%
8
Norway
KWD 9012
23.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 8835
24.5%
10
Spain
KWD 8802
24.8%
11
Austria
KWD 8455
27.7%
12
Sweden
KWD 8271
29.3%
13
Greece
KWD 8031
31.4%
14
Denmark
KWD 7884
32.6%
15
Germany
KWD 7782
33.5%
16
Poland
KWD 7688
34.3%
17
Italy
KWD 7431
36.5%
18
Netherlands
KWD 7363
37.1%
19
Finland
KWD 7321
37.4%
20
Portugal
KWD 7056
39.7%
21
Romania
KWD 6844
41.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 5925
49.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 9386
19.8%
1
Canada
KWD 8520
27.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10578
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 10041
14.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9977
14.7%
3
Ecuador
KWD 9667
17.4%
4
Chile
KWD 9479
19.0%
5
Panama
KWD 9357
20.0%
6
Colombia
KWD 9219
21.2%
7
Peru
KWD 8835
24.5%
8
Mexico
KWD 8734
25.4%
9
Brazil
KWD 8655
26.0%
10
Uruguay
KWD 8221
29.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 7603
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 8731
25.4%
1
Angola
KWD 8565
26.8%
2
Kenya
KWD 8345
28.7%
3
Mozambique
KWD 8283
29.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 8045
31.2%
5
Nigeria
KWD 7996
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 7899
32.5%
7
Morocco
KWD 7783
33.5%
8
Uganda
KWD 7531
35.6%
9
Cameroon
KWD 7501
35.9%
10
Senegal
KWD 7371
37.0%
11
Zambia
KWD 7285
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11115
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 11115
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 10764
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 10764
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 10530
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 10413
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 9458
19.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 8860
24.3%
8
Lebanon
KWD 8833
24.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 6873
41.3%
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%.