Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
50,963 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 50,692 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
50,692 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 50,963 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 611,556 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 608,301 KWD per year, or 50,692 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 532054
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 498418
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 492303
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 470574
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 357760
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 352825
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 343102
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 331947
45.7%
8
Norway
KWD 326016
46.7%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 323666
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 323314
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 322207
47.3%
12
Denmark
KWD 317209
48.1%
13
Netherlands
KWD 311653
49.0%
14
Austria
KWD 311030
49.1%
15
Sweden
KWD 308766
49.5%
16
Italy
KWD 302300
50.6%
17
Germany
KWD 300625
50.8%
18
Ireland
KWD 298094
51.3%
19
France
KWD 265465
56.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 230267
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 229875
62.4%
22
Portugal
KWD 222904
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 336727
44.9%
1
Canada
KWD 291370
52.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 548313
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 508599
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 479643
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 414553
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 401743
34.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 398883
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 398015
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 381834
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 376318
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 374670
38.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 366779
40.0%
11
China
KWD 345076
43.6%
12
Japan
KWD 337697
44.8%
13
Australia
KWD 330024
46.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 328252
46.3%
15
India
KWD 137350
77.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 541515
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 443550
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 413984
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 410255
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 398991
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 397509
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 397116
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 380271
37.8%
8
Uruguay
KWD 379810
37.9%
9
Peru
KWD 376997
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 374420
38.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 353058
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 444960
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 428245
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 416914
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 416019
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 404850
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 398190
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 376196
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 372724
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 371289
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 367284
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 339407
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 337451
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 608301
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 607138
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 602701
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 580978
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 580978
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 562632
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 458752
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 458725
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 356235
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 313292
48.8%
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%.