Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
101,795 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 101,524 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
101,524 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 101,795 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 1,221,540 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,218,285 KWD per year, or 101,524 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 1062740
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 995555
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 983340
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 940262
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 714601
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 703898
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 684693
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 654708
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 646867
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 645860
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 638980
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 638178
47.8%
12
Italy
KWD 635168
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 629652
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 619695
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 613816
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 609487
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 596315
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 590887
51.6%
19
France
KWD 517389
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 458279
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 454471
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 442498
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 661849
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 574832
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1097298
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1014886
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 955431
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 826902
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 798233
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 795373
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 794505
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 760533
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 748408
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 740660
39.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 726664
40.5%
11
China
KWD 680567
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 666435
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 653315
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 646228
47.1%
15
India
KWD 207541
83.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1081400
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 885789
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 823436
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 817419
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 795481
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 793999
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 791471
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 752347
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 750612
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 750290
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 740410
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 701032
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 888723
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 855233
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 833122
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 830930
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 808355
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 794679
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 751337
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 744113
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 740932
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 733275
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 674898
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 672943
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1218285
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1217122
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1206585
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1160463
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1160463
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1123817
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 916240
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 916213
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 711496
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 618284
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%.