Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,380 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 40,109 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.7%
99.3%
Net pay
0.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,109 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 40,380 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.15 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 484,560 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 481,305 KWD per year, or 40,109 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.7% 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 421567
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 394916
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 390071
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 372787
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 283468
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 279733
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 271985
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 264750
45.4%
8
Norway
KWD 259216
46.5%
9
United Kingdom
KWD 257593
46.8%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 256587
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 256423
47.1%
12
Denmark
KWD 252159
48.0%
13
Austria
KWD 248893
48.6%
14
Netherlands
KWD 247520
48.9%
15
Sweden
KWD 245256
49.4%
16
Germany
KWD 239064
50.7%
17
Ireland
KWD 237136
51.1%
18
Italy
KWD 232998
51.9%
19
France
KWD 213016
56.0%
20
Finland
KWD 183115
62.2%
21
Belgium
KWD 182796
62.3%
22
Portugal
KWD 177185
63.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 269038
44.5%
1
Canada
KWD 232355
52.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 434016
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 403192
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 380586
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 328703
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 319196
34.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 316336
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 315468
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 302991
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 298851
38.3%
9
Taiwan
KWD 298472
38.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 291853
39.8%
11
China
KWD 275228
43.2%
12
Japan
KWD 269255
44.4%
13
Australia
KWD 262716
45.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 262050
45.9%
15
India
KWD 122737
74.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 429113
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 351478
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 328738
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 325485
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 316444
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 315014
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 314962
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 302807
37.5%
8
Uruguay
KWD 302678
37.5%
9
Peru
KWD 299212
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 298222
38.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 280611
42.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 352571
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 339347
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 330262
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 329636
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 320842
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 315642
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 298094
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 295402
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 294331
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 291087
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 269559
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 267604
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 481305
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 480142
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 476975
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 460332
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 460332
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 445795
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 363505
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 363478
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 282271
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 249794
48.5%
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%.