Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
256,533 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 256,262 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
256,262 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 256,533 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,078,396 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,075,141 KWD per year, or 256,262 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 2678205
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2508893
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2478109
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2370041
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1800862
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1772602
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 1724533
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1648455
46.5%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1637226
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1626651
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1623574
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 1600030
48.0%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1599903
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 1580764
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1557407
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 1542419
49.9%
16
Austria
KWD 1518020
50.7%
17
Germany
KWD 1496426
51.4%
18
Ireland
KWD 1482177
51.9%
19
France
KWD 1284270
58.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 1152370
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1138166
63.0%
22
Portugal
KWD 1110966
63.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1651553
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1437721
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2768469
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2556076
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2403778
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2082136
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2005189
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2002329
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2001461
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1913331
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1881091
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1854774
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1822190
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1701838
44.7%
12
Japan
KWD 1667147
45.8%
13
Australia
KWD 1637449
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1614183
47.6%
15
India
KWD 421210
86.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2724868
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2232009
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2069851
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2056870
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2002437
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2000955
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1991928
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1887936
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1884984
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1878070
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 1854524
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1760304
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2239586
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2155033
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2100101
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2093963
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2036665
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2001636
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1893303
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1874659
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1866164
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1847388
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1696169
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1694213
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3075141
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3073978
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3044872
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2924476
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2924476
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2832124
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2308882
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2308855
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1792947
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1546712
49.8%
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%.