Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,798 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 40,527 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
40,527 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 40,798 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 489,576 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 486,321 KWD per year, or 40,527 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 425931
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 399004
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 394109
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 376649
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 286402
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 282620
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 274794
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 267404
45.4%
8
Norway
KWD 261854
46.5%
9
United Kingdom
KWD 260189
46.9%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 259236
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 259021
47.1%
12
Denmark
KWD 254729
48.0%
13
Austria
KWD 251347
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 250053
48.9%
15
Sweden
KWD 247765
49.4%
16
Germany
KWD 241496
50.7%
17
Ireland
KWD 239544
51.1%
18
Italy
KWD 235736
51.9%
19
France
KWD 215088
56.1%
20
Finland
KWD 184962
62.2%
21
Belgium
KWD 184671
62.3%
22
Portugal
KWD 178991
63.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 271712
44.5%
1
Canada
KWD 234686
52.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 438531
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 407356
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 384499
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 332094
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 322456
34.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 319596
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 318728
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 306105
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 301910
38.3%
9
Taiwan
KWD 301482
38.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 294812
39.8%
11
China
KWD 277987
43.2%
12
Japan
KWD 271958
44.5%
13
Australia
KWD 265374
45.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 264665
45.9%
15
India
KWD 123314
74.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 433553
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 355115
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 332105
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 328833
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 319704
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 318256
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 318222
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 305866
37.5%
8
Uruguay
KWD 305725
37.6%
9
Peru
KWD 302284
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 301232
38.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 283472
42.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 356220
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 342859
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 333684
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 333048
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 324160
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 318903
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 301179
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 298456
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 297370
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 294096
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 272318
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 270362
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 486321
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 485158
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 481940
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 465097
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 465097
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 450410
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 367267
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 367240
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 285193
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 252302
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%.