Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,117 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 54,846 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
54,846 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 55,117 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 661,404 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 658,149 KWD per year, or 54,846 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 363296
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 314535
52.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 593176
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 549973
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 518525
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 448250
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 434145
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 431285
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 430416
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 412782
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 406725
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 404578
38.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 396189
40.1%
11
China
KWD 372492
43.7%
12
Japan
KWD 364561
44.9%
13
Australia
KWD 356443
46.1%
14
South Korea
KWD 354237
46.4%
15
India
KWD 143086
78.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 585634
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 479690
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 447445
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 443528
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 431393
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 429910
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 429343
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 410677
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 410086
38.0%
9
Peru
KWD 407529
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 404329
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 381494
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 481225
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 463138
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 450927
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 449925
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 437825
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 430591
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 406853
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 403074
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 401496
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 397193
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 366823
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 364868
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 658149
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 656986
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 652050
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 628334
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 628334
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 608492
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 496138
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 496111
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 385267
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 338216
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%.