Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
46,540 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 43,285 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.0%
93.0%
Net pay
7.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
43,285 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 46,540 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.55 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7% tax rate now rises to 14.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 46,540 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 43,285 KWD per year, or 3,607 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.0% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 40490
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 37930
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 37465
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 35512
23.7%
4
Switzerland
KWD 34170
26.6%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 30041
35.5%
6
France
KWD 29325
37.0%
7
Norway
KWD 28719
38.3%
8
Spain
KWD 28466
38.8%
9
Austria
KWD 27929
40.0%
10
Denmark
KWD 27799
40.3%
11
Poland
KWD 27633
40.6%
12
Romania
KWD 27226
41.5%
13
Ireland
KWD 26887
42.2%
14
Greece
KWD 26693
42.6%
15
Netherlands
KWD 26320
43.5%
16
Sweden
KWD 26204
43.7%
17
Germany
KWD 25069
46.1%
18
Luxembourg
KWD 24974
46.3%
19
Italy
KWD 23350
49.8%
20
Finland
KWD 21836
53.1%
21
Portugal
KWD 20662
55.6%
22
Belgium
KWD 19065
59.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 31791
31.7%
1
Canada
KWD 28604
38.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 39798
14.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 39636
14.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 38258
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 35440
23.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 34372
26.2%
5
China
KWD 33942
27.1%
6
Indonesia
KWD 32602
30.0%
7
New Zealand
KWD 31658
32.0%
8
South Korea
KWD 31632
32.0%
9
Pakistan
KWD 31623
32.1%
10
Japan
KWD 31260
32.8%
11
Malaysia
KWD 31093
33.2%
12
Philippines
KWD 31042
33.3%
13
Vietnam
KWD 30755
33.9%
14
Australia
KWD 30565
34.3%
15
India
KWD 25073
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 41430
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 34717
25.4%
2
Chile
KWD 34216
26.5%
3
Colombia
KWD 34098
26.7%
4
Uruguay
KWD 33978
27.0%
5
Brazil
KWD 33914
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 33107
28.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 31699
31.9%
8
Mexico
KWD 31611
32.1%
9
Peru
KWD 30924
33.6%
10
Ecuador
KWD 30736
34.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 30249
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 33911
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 32733
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 31695
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 31390
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 31092
33.2%
5
Mozambique
KWD 30929
33.5%
6
Morocco
KWD 28896
37.9%
7
Cameroon
KWD 28714
38.3%
8
Zambia
KWD 28712
38.3%
9
South Africa
KWD 28648
38.4%
10
Senegal
KWD 28275
39.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 26693
42.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 44213
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 44213
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 43335
6.9%
3
Kuwait
KWD 43285
7.0%
4
Oman
KWD 42817
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 42122
9.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 34990
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 34963
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 30057
35.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 27164
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%.