Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
123,414 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 123,143 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
123,143 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 123,414 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.05 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,480,968 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,477,713 KWD per year, or 123,143 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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 1288442
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1206989
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1192179
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1140021
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 866366
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 853210
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 829973
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 791979
46.5%
8
Norway
KWD 783327
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 782890
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 776738
47.6%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 773234
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 772562
47.8%
13
Denmark
KWD 762536
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 750706
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 743554
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 736421
50.3%
17
Germany
KWD 722073
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 715412
51.7%
19
France
KWD 624533
57.8%
20
Belgium
KWD 555253
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 549993
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 535892
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 800124
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 695390
53.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1330784
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1230211
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1157785
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1002275
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 966861
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 964001
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 963133
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 921594
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 906660
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 896317
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 879723
40.6%
11
China
KWD 823253
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 806248
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 790812
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 781465
47.2%
15
India
KWD 237394
84.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1311015
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1073874
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 997577
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 990587
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 964109
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 962627
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 959191
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 910592
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 909511
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 907856
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 896067
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 849027
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1077457
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1036833
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1010136
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1007393
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 979966
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 963307
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 910885
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 902065
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 898142
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 888932
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 817584
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 815628
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1477713
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1476550
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1463419
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1406920
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1406920
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1362491
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1110811
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1110784
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 862589
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 747998
49.5%
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%.