Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,452 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 31,197 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
9.4%
90.6%
Net pay
9.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
31,197 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 34,452 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.4% tax rate now rises to 18.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 34,452 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 31,197 KWD per year, or 2,600 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.5% 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 29973
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 28078
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 27734
19.5%
3
Switzerland
KWD 26365
23.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 26204
23.9%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 23181
32.7%
6
France
KWD 23060
33.1%
7
Norway
KWD 22248
35.4%
8
Spain
KWD 21912
36.4%
9
Denmark
KWD 21607
37.3%
10
Ireland
KWD 21084
38.8%
11
Austria
KWD 21047
38.9%
12
Poland
KWD 20675
40.0%
13
Netherlands
KWD 20215
41.3%
14
Sweden
KWD 20159
41.5%
15
Romania
KWD 20154
41.5%
16
Greece
KWD 19924
42.2%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 19431
43.6%
18
Germany
KWD 18837
45.3%
19
Italy
KWD 17865
48.2%
20
Finland
KWD 17385
49.5%
21
Portugal
KWD 16008
53.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 14547
57.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 24384
29.2%
1
Canada
KWD 22415
34.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 29603
14.1%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 28919
16.1%
2
Singapore
KWD 28285
17.9%
3
Taiwan
KWD 27386
20.5%
4
China
KWD 26307
23.6%
5
Thailand
KWD 26136
24.1%
6
South Korea
KWD 24701
28.3%
7
Indonesia
KWD 24430
29.1%
8
New Zealand
KWD 24285
29.5%
9
Australia
KWD 24019
30.3%
10
Japan
KWD 23816
30.9%
11
Pakistan
KWD 23766
31.0%
12
Malaysia
KWD 23398
32.1%
13
Philippines
KWD 23394
32.1%
14
Vietnam
KWD 22897
33.5%
15
India
KWD 19275
44.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 30731
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 26538
23.0%
2
Chile
KWD 26359
23.5%
3
Colombia
KWD 25287
26.6%
4
Uruguay
KWD 25281
26.6%
5
Brazil
KWD 25150
27.0%
6
Panama
KWD 25038
27.3%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 24441
29.1%
8
Ecuador
KWD 23838
30.8%
9
Mexico
KWD 23633
31.4%
10
Peru
KWD 23520
31.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 22392
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 25117
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 24272
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 23472
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 23142
32.8%
4
Ghana
KWD 23096
33.0%
5
Mozambique
KWD 23072
33.0%
6
South Africa
KWD 22000
36.1%
7
Morocco
KWD 21570
37.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 21354
38.0%
9
Zambia
KWD 21278
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 21022
39.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 20044
41.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 32729
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 32729
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 31696
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 31696
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 31197
9.5%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 31007
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 25924
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 25897
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 23265
32.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 20124
41.6%
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%.