Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,875 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 9,604 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.7%
97.3%
Net pay
2.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9,604 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 9,875 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.61 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.7% tax rate now rises to 5.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 118,500 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 115,245 KWD per year, or 9,604 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.8% 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 103095
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 96577
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 95393
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 90921
23.3%
4
Switzerland
KWD 73740
37.8%
5
Romania
KWD 69323
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 69049
41.7%
7
United Kingdom
KWD 68157
42.5%
8
Greece
KWD 66991
43.5%
9
Spain
KWD 66791
43.6%
10
Norway
KWD 66668
43.7%
11
Austria
KWD 66632
43.8%
12
Denmark
KWD 64658
45.4%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 63234
46.6%
14
Netherlands
KWD 62660
47.1%
15
Sweden
KWD 62191
47.5%
16
Germany
KWD 61617
48.0%
17
Ireland
KWD 61427
48.2%
18
France
KWD 61343
48.2%
19
Italy
KWD 56006
52.7%
20
Finland
KWD 48332
59.2%
21
Belgium
KWD 45964
61.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 45404
61.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 72900
38.5%
1
Canada
KWD 62245
47.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 104562
11.8%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 99362
16.2%
2
Singapore
KWD 95060
19.8%
3
Thailand
KWD 81257
31.4%
4
Indonesia
KWD 81247
31.4%
5
Taiwan
KWD 78836
33.5%
6
Pakistan
KWD 78397
33.8%
7
Vietnam
KWD 77529
34.6%
8
Philippines
KWD 75729
36.1%
9
New Zealand
KWD 75554
36.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 75461
36.3%
11
China
KWD 73895
37.6%
12
Japan
KWD 71975
39.3%
13
South Korea
KWD 71129
40.0%
14
Australia
KWD 68704
42.0%
15
India
KWD 58953
50.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 105120
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 86085
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 83021
29.9%
3
Panama
KWD 81140
31.5%
4
Uruguay
KWD 80348
32.2%
5
Colombia
KWD 79518
32.9%
6
Chile
KWD 78586
33.7%
7
Mexico
KWD 78505
33.8%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 78356
33.9%
9
Argentina
KWD 77023
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 75000
36.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 71787
39.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 86262
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 83105
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 80642
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 80490
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 78694
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 77703
34.4%
6
Zambia
KWD 72967
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 72527
38.8%
8
Morocco
KWD 72503
38.8%
9
Senegal
KWD 71451
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 68226
42.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 66271
44.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 115245
2.8%
1
Bahrain
KWD 114575
3.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 114082
3.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 112575
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 112575
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 109020
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 88960
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 88933
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 69074
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 66764
43.7%
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%.