Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,225 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 42,954 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
42,954 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 43,225 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 0.6% tax rate now rises to 1.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 518,700 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 515,445 KWD per year, or 42,954 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% 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 451269
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 422740
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 417554
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 399075
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 303440
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 299382
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 291103
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 282814
45.5%
8
Norway
KWD 277174
46.6%
9
United Kingdom
KWD 275261
46.9%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 274620
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 274107
47.2%
12
Denmark
KWD 269646
48.0%
13
Austria
KWD 265597
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 264761
49.0%
15
Sweden
KWD 262329
49.4%
16
Germany
KWD 255614
50.7%
17
Ireland
KWD 253523
51.1%
18
Italy
KWD 251629
51.5%
19
France
KWD 227116
56.2%
20
Finland
KWD 195686
62.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 195558
62.3%
22
Portugal
KWD 189476
63.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 287235
44.6%
1
Canada
KWD 248220
52.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 464742
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 431528
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 407216
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 351782
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 341387
34.2%
5
Pakistan
KWD 338527
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 337659
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 324186
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 319676
38.4%
9
Taiwan
KWD 318956
38.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 311995
39.9%
11
China
KWD 294005
43.3%
12
Japan
KWD 287654
44.5%
13
Australia
KWD 280810
45.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 279847
46.1%
15
India
KWD 126665
75.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 459330
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 376230
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 351655
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 348273
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 338635
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 337153
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 337085
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 323631
37.6%
8
Uruguay
KWD 323413
37.7%
9
Peru
KWD 320122
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 318706
38.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 300087
42.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 377407
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 363245
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 353556
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 352858
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 343426
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 337833
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 319090
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 316188
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 315019
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 311571
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 288336
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 286381
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 515445
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 514282
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 510773
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 492765
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 492765
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 477204
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 389110
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 389083
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 302155
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 266864
48.6%
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%.