Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,872 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 100,601 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
100,601 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 100,872 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 1,210,464 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,207,209 KWD per year, or 100,601 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 1053104
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 986528
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 974424
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 931733
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 708121
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 697523
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 678491
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 648847
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 641042
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 640009
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 633249
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 632441
47.8%
12
Italy
KWD 629124
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 623979
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 614101
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 608277
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 604067
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 590946
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 585570
51.6%
19
France
KWD 512814
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 454139
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 450393
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 438511
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 655945
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 569685
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1087330
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1005693
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 946791
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 819414
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 791034
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 788174
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 787305
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 753656
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 741652
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 734014
39.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 720129
40.5%
11
China
KWD 674475
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 660465
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 647445
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 640455
47.1%
15
India
KWD 206267
83.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1071597
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 877759
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 816001
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 810026
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 788282
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 786799
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 784310
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 745591
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 743828
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 743563
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 733765
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 694714
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 880666
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 847480
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 825564
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 823396
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 801028
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 787480
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 744525
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 737369
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 734220
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 726629
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 668806
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 666851
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1207209
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1206046
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1195620
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1149941
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1149941
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1113627
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 907933
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 907906
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 705045
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 612746
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%.