Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
130,079 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 129,808 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
129,808 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 130,079 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 1,560,948 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,557,693 KWD per year, or 129,808 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 1358025
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1272173
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1256563
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1201606
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 913155
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 899242
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 874762
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 834299
46.6%
8
Norway
KWD 825396
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 825135
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 820383
47.4%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 814624
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 813992
47.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 803503
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 791096
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 783552
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 775554
50.3%
17
Germany
KWD 760843
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 753802
51.7%
19
France
KWD 657564
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 585149
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 579441
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 564685
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 842753
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 732557
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1402766
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1296594
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1220169
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1056342
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 1018848
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1015988
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1015120
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 971248
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 955447
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 944305
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 926911
40.6%
11
China
KWD 867242
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 849351
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 833201
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 823157
47.3%
15
India
KWD 246597
84.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1381804
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1131860
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1051264
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1043974
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1016096
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1014614
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1010898
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 959377
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 958499
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 956433
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 944055
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 894653
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1135643
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1092819
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1064708
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1061795
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1032873
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1015294
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 960073
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 950761
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 946609
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 936920
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 861573
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 859617
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1557693
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1556530
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1542599
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1482901
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1482901
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1436072
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1170796
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1170769
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 909170
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 787988
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%.