Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
125,904 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 125,633 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
125,633 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 125,904 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 1,510,848 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,507,593 KWD per year, or 125,633 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 1314438
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1231341
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1216233
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1163029
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 883846
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 870408
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 846706
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 807789
46.5%
8
Norway
KWD 799043
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 798672
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 793044
47.5%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 788697
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 788040
47.8%
13
Denmark
KWD 777841
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 765795
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 758497
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 751041
50.3%
17
Germany
KWD 736557
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 729754
51.7%
19
France
KWD 636873
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 566422
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 560994
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 546649
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 816050
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 709275
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1357676
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1255011
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1181091
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1022474
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 986283
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 983423
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 982555
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 940145
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 924886
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 914245
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 897352
40.6%
11
China
KWD 839687
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 822351
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 806648
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 797041
47.3%
15
India
KWD 240832
84.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1337461
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1095537
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1017634
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 1010532
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 983531
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 982049
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 978509
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 928818
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 927813
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 926004
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 913995
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 866072
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1099195
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1057749
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1030524
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1027717
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 999732
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 982729
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 929261
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 920258
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 916249
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 906860
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 834018
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 832062
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1507593
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1506430
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1493000
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1435306
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1435306
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1389980
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1133221
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1133194
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 879992
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 762938
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%.