Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,890 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 34,619 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.8%
99.2%
Net pay
0.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,619 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 34,890 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.17 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.8% tax rate now rises to 1.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 418,680 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 415,425 KWD per year, or 34,619 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.8% 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 364252
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 341224
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 337037
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 322059
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 244928
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 241816
42.2%
6
Greece
KWD 235092
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 229891
45.1%
8
Norway
KWD 224563
46.4%
9
United Kingdom
KWD 223500
46.6%
10
Spain
KWD 222297
46.9%
11
Luxembourg
KWD 221789
47.0%
12
Denmark
KWD 218415
47.8%
13
Austria
KWD 216659
48.3%
14
Netherlands
KWD 214251
48.8%
15
Sweden
KWD 212310
49.3%
16
Germany
KWD 207129
50.5%
17
Ireland
KWD 205514
50.9%
18
Italy
KWD 197048
52.9%
19
France
KWD 185808
55.6%
20
Finland
KWD 158858
62.1%
21
Belgium
KWD 158171
62.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 153469
63.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 233924
44.1%
1
Canada
KWD 201740
51.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 374724
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 348512
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 329200
21.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 284168
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 276374
34.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 273514
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 272646
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 262090
37.4%
8
Taiwan
KWD 258944
38.2%
9
New Zealand
KWD 258664
38.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 252984
39.6%
11
China
KWD 238994
42.9%
12
Japan
KWD 233751
44.2%
13
Australia
KWD 227799
45.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 227708
45.6%
15
India
KWD 115156
72.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 370804
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 303715
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 284516
32.0%
3
Panama
KWD 281510
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 273622
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 272422
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 272140
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 262665
37.3%
8
Colombia
KWD 262621
37.3%
9
Peru
KWD 258860
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 258694
38.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 243029
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 304643
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 293231
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 285310
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 284824
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 277263
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 272820
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 257578
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 255291
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 254408
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 251559
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 233325
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 231370
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 415425
0.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 414262
1.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 411753
1.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 397746
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 397746
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 385186
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 314095
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 314068
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 243902
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 216854
48.2%
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%.