Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,900 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 9,629 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
9,629 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 9,900 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 118,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 115,545 KWD per year, or 9,629 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.7% 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 103356
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 96822
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 95634
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 91152
23.3%
4
Switzerland
KWD 73894
37.8%
5
Romania
KWD 69498
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 69221
41.7%
7
United Kingdom
KWD 68313
42.5%
8
Greece
KWD 67159
43.5%
9
Spain
KWD 66947
43.7%
10
Norway
KWD 66826
43.8%
11
Austria
KWD 66790
43.8%
12
Denmark
KWD 64811
45.5%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 63392
46.6%
14
Netherlands
KWD 62811
47.1%
15
Sweden
KWD 62341
47.5%
16
Germany
KWD 61762
48.0%
17
Ireland
KWD 61571
48.2%
18
France
KWD 61470
48.3%
19
Italy
KWD 56142
52.7%
20
Finland
KWD 48442
59.2%
21
Belgium
KWD 46076
61.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 45512
61.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 73066
38.5%
1
Canada
KWD 62385
47.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 104832
11.8%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 99611
16.2%
2
Singapore
KWD 95294
19.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 81450
31.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 81452
31.4%
5
Taiwan
KWD 79016
33.5%
6
Pakistan
KWD 78592
33.9%
7
Vietnam
KWD 77724
34.6%
8
Philippines
KWD 75915
36.1%
9
New Zealand
KWD 75737
36.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 75644
36.3%
11
China
KWD 74060
37.7%
12
Japan
KWD 72137
39.3%
13
South Korea
KWD 71290
40.0%
14
Australia
KWD 68863
42.0%
15
India
KWD 59100
50.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 105386
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 86302
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 83222
30.0%
3
Panama
KWD 81340
31.5%
4
Uruguay
KWD 80530
32.2%
5
Colombia
KWD 79701
32.9%
6
Chile
KWD 78766
33.7%
7
Mexico
KWD 78700
33.8%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 78550
33.9%
9
Argentina
KWD 77218
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 75184
36.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 71958
39.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 86480
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 83315
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 80846
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 80695
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 78892
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 77898
34.4%
6
Zambia
KWD 73152
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 72709
38.8%
8
Morocco
KWD 72684
38.8%
9
Senegal
KWD 71631
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 68391
42.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 66436
44.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 115545
2.7%
1
Bahrain
KWD 114872
3.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 114382
3.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 112860
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 112860
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 109296
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 89185
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 89158
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 69249
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 66914
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%.