Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
128,964 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 128,693 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
128,693 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 128,964 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 1,547,568 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,544,313 KWD per year, or 128,693 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 1346384
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1261268
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1245792
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1191303
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 905327
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 891542
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 867269
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 827219
46.6%
8
Norway
KWD 818358
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 818068
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 813082
47.5%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 807700
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 807061
47.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 796649
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 784339
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 776860
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 769007
50.3%
17
Germany
KWD 754357
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 747380
51.7%
19
France
KWD 652038
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 580148
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 574515
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 559868
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 835621
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 726339
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1390724
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1285489
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1209733
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1047297
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 1010151
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1007291
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1006423
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 962942
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 947286
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 936277
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 919017
40.6%
11
China
KWD 859883
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 842140
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 826110
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 816182
47.3%
15
India
KWD 245057
84.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1369961
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1122159
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1042282
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1035043
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1007399
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1005917
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1002248
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 951216
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 950304
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 948307
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 936027
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 887020
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1125909
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1083453
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1055579
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1052694
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1024022
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1006597
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 951844
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 942615
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 938501
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 928892
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 854214
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 852258
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1544313
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1543150
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1529353
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1470190
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1470190
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1423763
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1160761
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1160734
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 901378
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 781298
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%.