Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
54,926 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 54,655 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
54,655 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 54,926 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.11 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 659,112 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 655,857 KWD per year, or 54,655 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 573427
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 537176
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 530585
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 507192
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 385581
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 380195
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 369734
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 357110
45.8%
8
Norway
KWD 351030
46.7%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 348785
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 347924
47.2%
11
Spain
KWD 346841
47.4%
12
Denmark
KWD 341568
48.2%
13
Netherlands
KWD 335669
49.1%
14
Austria
KWD 334299
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 332549
49.6%
16
Italy
KWD 328251
50.2%
17
Germany
KWD 323678
50.9%
18
Ireland
KWD 320921
51.3%
19
France
KWD 285106
56.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 248044
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 247385
62.5%
22
Portugal
KWD 240024
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 362074
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 313470
52.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 591113
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 548070
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 516737
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 446700
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 432655
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 429795
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 428926
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 411359
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 405327
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 403203
38.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 394837
40.1%
11
China
KWD 371232
43.7%
12
Japan
KWD 363326
44.9%
13
Australia
KWD 355228
46.1%
14
South Korea
KWD 353042
46.4%
15
India
KWD 142823
78.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 583606
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 478028
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 445906
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 441998
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 429903
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 428421
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 427861
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 409279
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 408694
38.0%
9
Peru
KWD 406125
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 402954
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 380187
42.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 655857
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 654694
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 649781
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 626156
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 626156
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 606383
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 494419
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 494392
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 383932
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 337070
48.9%
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%.