Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,620 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 47,349 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
47,349 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 47,620 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.13 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 1.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 571,440 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 568,185 KWD per year, or 47,349 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 315345
44.8%
1
Canada
KWD 272728
52.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 512208
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 475303
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 448353
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 387434
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 375668
34.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 372808
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 371940
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 356929
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 351847
38.4%
9
Taiwan
KWD 350600
38.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 343111
40.0%
11
China
KWD 323012
43.5%
12
Japan
KWD 316077
44.7%
13
Australia
KWD 308762
46.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 307340
46.2%
15
India
KWD 132734
76.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 506009
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 414466
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 387057
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 383477
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 372916
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 371434
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 371181
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 355801
37.7%
8
Uruguay
KWD 355446
37.8%
9
Peru
KWD 352426
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 350350
38.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 330173
42.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 415776
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 400163
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 389542
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 388732
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 378313
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 372114
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 351525
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 348299
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 346979
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 343215
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 317343
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 315388
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 568185
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 567022
0.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 562986
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 542868
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 542868
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 525725
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 428665
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 428638
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 332871
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 293234
48.7%
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%.