Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
41,569 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 41,298 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
41,298 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 41,569 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.14 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 498,828 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 495,573 KWD per year, or 41,298 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 276643
44.5%
1
Canada
KWD 238985
52.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 446858
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 415035
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 391715
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 338348
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 328470
34.2%
5
Pakistan
KWD 325610
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 324742
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 311849
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 307554
38.3%
9
Taiwan
KWD 307033
38.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 300271
39.8%
11
China
KWD 283076
43.3%
12
Japan
KWD 276945
44.5%
13
Australia
KWD 270278
45.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 269488
46.0%
15
India
KWD 124379
75.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 441741
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 361823
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 338316
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 335009
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 325718
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 324236
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 324238
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 311510
37.6%
8
Uruguay
KWD 311344
37.6%
9
Peru
KWD 307951
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 306783
38.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 288750
42.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 362951
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 349335
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 339997
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 339341
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 330281
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 324916
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 306869
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 304089
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 302977
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 299648
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 277407
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 275451
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 495573
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 494410
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 491100
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 473887
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 473887
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 458922
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 374206
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 374179
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 290581
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 256928
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%.