Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
49,855 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 49,584 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.5%
99.5%
Net pay
0.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
49,584 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 49,855 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.12 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 598,260 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 595,005 KWD per year, or 49,584 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.5% 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 520486
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 487582
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 481599
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 460336
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 349982
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 345172
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 335657
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 324912
45.7%
8
Norway
KWD 319022
46.7%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 316643
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 316433
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 315319
47.3%
12
Denmark
KWD 310398
48.1%
13
Netherlands
KWD 304938
49.0%
14
Austria
KWD 304525
49.1%
15
Sweden
KWD 302117
49.5%
16
Italy
KWD 295045
50.7%
17
Germany
KWD 294180
50.8%
18
Ireland
KWD 291712
51.2%
19
France
KWD 259974
56.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 225297
62.3%
21
Finland
KWD 224980
62.4%
22
Portugal
KWD 218117
63.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 329640
44.9%
1
Canada
KWD 285192
52.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 536346
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 497563
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 469272
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 405564
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 393101
34.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 390241
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 389373
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 373580
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 368208
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 366692
38.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 358935
40.0%
11
China
KWD 337763
43.5%
12
Japan
KWD 330531
44.8%
13
Australia
KWD 322977
46.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 321321
46.3%
15
India
KWD 135820
77.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 529747
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 433911
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 405059
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 401380
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 390349
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 388867
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 388521
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 372161
37.8%
8
Uruguay
KWD 371735
37.9%
9
Peru
KWD 368853
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 366442
38.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 345473
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 435287
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 418937
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 407842
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 406975
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 396055
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 389547
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 368019
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 364629
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 363231
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 359307
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 332094
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 330139
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 595005
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 593842
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 589538
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 568347
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 568347
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 550399
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 448780
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 448753
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 348491
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 306644
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%.