Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
172,332 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 169,077 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.9%
98.1%
Net pay
1.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
169,077 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 172,332 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.42 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.9% tax rate now rises to 4.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 172,332 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 169,077 KWD per year, or 14,090 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.9% 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 149929
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 140451
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 138727
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 132371
23.2%
4
Switzerland
KWD 101395
41.2%
5
Romania
KWD 100814
41.5%
6
Poland
KWD 100031
42.0%
7
Greece
KWD 97137
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 96015
44.3%
9
Norway
KWD 94984
44.9%
10
Austria
KWD 94734
45.0%
11
Spain
KWD 94689
45.1%
12
Denmark
KWD 92231
46.5%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 91668
46.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 89845
47.9%
15
Sweden
KWD 89113
48.3%
16
Germany
KWD 87712
49.1%
17
Ireland
KWD 87267
49.4%
18
France
KWD 84036
51.2%
19
Italy
KWD 80435
53.3%
20
Finland
KWD 68153
60.5%
21
Belgium
KWD 66086
61.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 64783
62.4%
23
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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%.