Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
160,164 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 156,909 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.0%
98.0%
Net pay
2.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
156,909 KWD
Net pay
3,960 KWD
Tax the employer pays
3,255 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,215 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,960 KWD to pay you 160,164 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.45 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 160,164 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 156,909 KWD per year, or 13,076 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.0% 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 139343
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 130534
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 128932
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 123002
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 95144
40.6%
5
Romania
KWD 93696
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 93028
41.9%
7
Greece
KWD 90323
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 89718
44.0%
9
Norway
KWD 88584
44.7%
10
Austria
KWD 88408
44.8%
11
Spain
KWD 88386
44.8%
12
Denmark
KWD 85999
46.3%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 85241
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 83700
47.7%
15
Sweden
KWD 83027
48.2%
16
Germany
KWD 81813
48.9%
17
Ireland
KWD 81426
49.2%
18
France
KWD 78967
50.7%
19
Italy
KWD 74913
53.2%
20
Finland
KWD 63673
60.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 61538
61.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 60403
62.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 95879
40.1%
1
Canada
KWD 81607
49.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 142060
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 133944
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 127557
20.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 109412
31.7%
4
Thailand
KWD 108339
32.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 105479
34.1%
6
Vietnam
KWD 104610
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 103834
35.2%
8
Philippines
KWD 101595
36.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 100969
37.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 100462
37.3%
11
China
KWD 96810
39.6%
12
Japan
KWD 94429
41.0%
13
South Korea
KWD 92947
42.0%
14
Australia
KWD 90786
43.3%
15
India
KWD 79368
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 141996
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 116291
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 110988
30.7%
3
Panama
KWD 108951
32.0%
4
Uruguay
KWD 105653
34.0%
5
Mexico
KWD 105587
34.1%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 105292
34.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 104933
34.5%
8
Argentina
KWD 104104
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 103585
35.3%
10
Peru
KWD 100519
37.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 95554
40.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 116572
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 112270
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 108982
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 108918
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 106254
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 104785
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 98590
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 97894
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 97750
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 96449
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 91141
43.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 89186
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 156909
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 155823
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 155746
2.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 152156
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 152156
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 147351
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 120208
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 120181
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 93340
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 87596
45.3%
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%.