Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
130,926 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 130,655 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
130,655 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 130,926 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 1,571,112 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,567,857 KWD per year, or 130,655 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 1366867
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1280456
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1264745
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1209432
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 919101
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 905092
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 880454
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 839677
46.6%
8
Norway
KWD 830742
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 830504
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 825930
47.4%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 819884
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 819257
47.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 808709
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 796229
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 788635
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 780527
50.3%
17
Germany
KWD 765770
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 758681
51.7%
19
France
KWD 661762
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 588948
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 583184
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 568344
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 848170
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 737280
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1411913
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1305030
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1228097
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1063212
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 1025455
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1022595
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1021726
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 977559
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 961647
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 950403
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 932908
40.6%
11
China
KWD 872832
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 854829
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 838588
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 828456
47.3%
15
India
KWD 247767
84.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1390800
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1139228
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1058086
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1050758
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1022703
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1021221
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1017469
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 965577
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 964725
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 962606
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 950154
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 900451
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1143037
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1099934
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1071644
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1068708
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1039596
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1021901
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 966323
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 956949
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 952768
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 943018
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 867163
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 865207
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1567857
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1566694
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1552661
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1492556
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1492556
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1445423
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1178419
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1178392
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 915090
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 793070
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%.