Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,368 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 43,097 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
43,097 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 43,368 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 520,416 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 517,161 KWD per year, or 43,097 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 452762
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 424139
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 418935
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 400396
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 304443
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 300369
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 292064
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 283722
45.5%
8
Norway
KWD 278076
46.6%
9
United Kingdom
KWD 276149
46.9%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 275526
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 274996
47.2%
12
Denmark
KWD 270525
48.0%
13
Austria
KWD 266437
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 265627
49.0%
15
Sweden
KWD 263188
49.4%
16
Germany
KWD 256445
50.7%
17
Ireland
KWD 254347
51.1%
18
Italy
KWD 252565
51.5%
19
France
KWD 227825
56.2%
20
Finland
KWD 196317
62.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 196199
62.3%
22
Portugal
KWD 190093
63.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 288149
44.6%
1
Canada
KWD 249017
52.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 466287
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 432953
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 408554
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 352942
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 342502
34.2%
5
Pakistan
KWD 339642
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 338774
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 325251
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 320723
38.4%
9
Taiwan
KWD 319986
38.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 313007
39.9%
11
China
KWD 294949
43.3%
12
Japan
KWD 288579
44.6%
13
Australia
KWD 281720
45.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 280742
46.1%
15
India
KWD 126863
75.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 460849
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 377474
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 352807
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 349419
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 339750
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 338268
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 338194
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 324678
37.6%
8
Uruguay
KWD 324456
37.7%
9
Peru
KWD 321173
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 319736
38.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 301066
42.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 378656
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 364447
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 354727
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 354025
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 344561
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 338949
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 320145
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 317233
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 316059
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 312600
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 289280
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 287324
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 517161
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 515998
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 512472
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 494395
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 494395
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 478783
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 390397
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 390370
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 303154
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 267722
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%.