Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,620 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 100,349 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
100,349 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 100,620 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.06 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,207,440 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,204,185 KWD per year, or 100,349 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% 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 1050473
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 984064
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 971989
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 929405
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 706352
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 695783
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 676797
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 647247
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 639451
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 638412
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 631684
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 630875
47.8%
12
Italy
KWD 627474
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 622430
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 612574
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 606764
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 602588
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 589480
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 584119
51.6%
19
France
KWD 511565
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 453008
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 449280
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 437422
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 654333
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 568280
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1084608
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1003183
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 944433
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 817370
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 789068
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 786208
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 785340
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 751779
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 739807
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 732200
39.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 718345
40.5%
11
China
KWD 672812
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 658836
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 645842
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 638878
47.1%
15
India
KWD 205919
83.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1068920
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 875566
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 813972
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 808007
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 786316
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 784834
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 782355
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 743746
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 741976
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 741727
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 731950
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 692989
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 878466
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 845363
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 823501
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 821339
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 799027
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 785514
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 742665
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 735528
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 732387
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 724815
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 667143
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 665188
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1204185
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1203022
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1192626
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1147068
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1147068
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1110845
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 905665
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 905638
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 703284
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 611234
49.4%
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%.