Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
166,812 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 163,557 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
163,557 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 166,812 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.43 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 166,812 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 163,557 KWD per year, or 13,630 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 145126
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 135952
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 134284
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 128121
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 98559
40.9%
5
Romania
KWD 97585
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 96854
41.9%
7
Greece
KWD 94046
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 93159
44.2%
9
Norway
KWD 92081
44.8%
10
Austria
KWD 91865
44.9%
11
Spain
KWD 91829
45.0%
12
Denmark
KWD 89404
46.4%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 88752
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 87057
47.8%
15
Sweden
KWD 86352
48.2%
16
Germany
KWD 85036
49.0%
17
Ireland
KWD 84617
49.3%
18
France
KWD 81749
51.0%
19
Italy
KWD 77930
53.3%
20
Finland
KWD 66120
60.4%
21
Belgium
KWD 64023
61.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 62796
62.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 99492
40.4%
1
Canada
KWD 84696
49.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 148043
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 139461
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 132743
20.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 113906
31.7%
4
Thailand
KWD 112660
32.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 109800
34.2%
6
Vietnam
KWD 108931
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 107823
35.4%
8
Philippines
KWD 105722
36.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 105024
37.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 104384
37.4%
11
China
KWD 100467
39.8%
12
Japan
KWD 98012
41.2%
13
South Korea
KWD 96412
42.2%
14
Australia
KWD 94309
43.5%
15
India
KWD 82626
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 147880
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 121111
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 115450
30.8%
3
Panama
KWD 113388
32.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 109908
34.1%
5
Uruguay
KWD 109691
34.2%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 109589
34.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 108988
34.7%
8
Argentina
KWD 108426
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 107574
35.5%
10
Peru
KWD 104591
37.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 99347
40.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 121409
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 116924
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 113504
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 113455
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 110652
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 109106
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 102679
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 101941
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 101779
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 100438
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 94798
43.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 92842
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 163557
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 162404
2.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 162394
2.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 158471
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 158471
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 153467
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 125194
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 125167
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 97212
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 90920
45.5%
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%.