Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,348 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 51,077 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
51,077 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 51,348 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 616,176 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 612,921 KWD per year, or 51,077 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 536073
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 502183
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 496022
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 474131
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 360463
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 355484
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 345690
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 334392
45.7%
8
Norway
KWD 328446
46.7%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 326106
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 325705
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 324600
47.3%
12
Denmark
KWD 319575
48.1%
13
Netherlands
KWD 313986
49.0%
14
Austria
KWD 313291
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 311077
49.5%
16
Italy
KWD 304821
50.5%
17
Germany
KWD 302865
50.9%
18
Ireland
KWD 300312
51.3%
19
France
KWD 267373
56.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 231994
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 231576
62.4%
22
Portugal
KWD 224567
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 339190
45.0%
1
Canada
KWD 293517
52.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 552471
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 512434
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 483247
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 417676
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 404746
34.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 401886
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 401018
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 384702
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 379136
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 377442
38.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 369505
40.0%
11
China
KWD 347617
43.6%
12
Japan
KWD 340187
44.8%
13
Australia
KWD 332472
46.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 330660
46.3%
15
India
KWD 137882
77.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 545604
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 446900
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 417086
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 413339
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 401994
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 400512
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 400103
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 383089
37.8%
8
Uruguay
KWD 382616
37.9%
9
Peru
KWD 379826
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 377192
38.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 355693
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 448321
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 431479
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 420067
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 419161
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 407906
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 401193
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 379038
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 375537
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 374088
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 370056
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 341948
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 339992
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 612921
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 611758
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 607274
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 585367
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 585367
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 566882
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 462217
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 462190
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 358926
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 315602
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%.