Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,050 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 12,037 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,037 KWD
Net pay
15.23 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.52 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 15.23 KWD to pay you 12,050 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,133,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,129,745 KWD per year, or 260,812 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 2725710
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2553395
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2522065
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2412086
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1832805
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1804029
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 1755111
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1678252
46.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1666119
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1655493
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1652295
47.3%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 1628161
48.0%
12
Spain
KWD 1628315
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 1608733
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1584982
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 1569726
49.9%
16
Austria
KWD 1544736
50.7%
17
Germany
KWD 1522895
51.4%
18
Ireland
KWD 1508387
51.9%
19
France
KWD 1306822
58.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 1172781
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1158271
63.0%
22
Portugal
KWD 1130624
63.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1680657
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1463095
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2817612
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2601397
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2446370
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2119049
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2040682
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2037822
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2036954
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1947231
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1914399
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1887536
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1854406
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1731870
44.7%
12
Japan
KWD 1696575
45.9%
13
Australia
KWD 1666389
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1642647
47.6%
15
India
KWD 427493
86.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2773197
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2271597
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2106504
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2093319
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2037930
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2036448
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2027230
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1921381
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1918291
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1911235
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 1887286
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1791453
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2279311
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2193255
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2137359
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2131105
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2072785
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2037128
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1926885
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1907905
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1899253
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1880151
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1726201
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1724246
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3129745
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3128582
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3098930
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2976350
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2976350
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2882360
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2349835
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2349808
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1824749
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1574014
49.8%
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%.