Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
126,100 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 125,829 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
125,829 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 126,100 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 1,513,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,509,945 KWD per year, or 125,829 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 1316484
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1233258
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1218126
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1164840
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 885222
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 871761
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 848023
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 809034
46.5%
8
Norway
KWD 800281
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 799914
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 794327
47.5%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 789915
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 789258
47.8%
13
Denmark
KWD 779045
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 766983
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 759673
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 752192
50.3%
17
Germany
KWD 737697
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 730883
51.7%
19
France
KWD 637844
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 567301
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 561860
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 547496
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 817303
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 710368
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1359792
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1256963
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1182926
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1024064
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 987812
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 984952
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 984084
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 941605
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 926321
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 915656
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 898740
40.6%
11
China
KWD 840980
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 823618
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 807895
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 798267
47.3%
15
India
KWD 241103
84.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1339543
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1097242
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1019213
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1012102
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 985060
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 983578
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 980029
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 930252
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 929254
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 927433
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 915406
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 867414
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1100906
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1059395
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1032129
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1029317
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1001288
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 984258
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 930708
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 921690
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 917674
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 908271
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 835311
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 833356
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1509945
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1508782
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1495328
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1437540
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1437540
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1392144
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1134985
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1134958
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 881362
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 764114
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%.