Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,401 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 55,130 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
55,130 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 55,401 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 664,812 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 661,557 KWD per year, or 55,130 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 578386
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 541822
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 535174
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 511581
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 388915
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 383476
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 372926
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 360126
45.8%
8
Norway
KWD 354029
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 351796
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 350874
47.2%
11
Spain
KWD 349793
47.4%
12
Denmark
KWD 344487
48.2%
13
Netherlands
KWD 338547
49.1%
14
Austria
KWD 337088
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 335399
49.6%
16
Italy
KWD 331362
50.2%
17
Germany
KWD 326441
50.9%
18
Ireland
KWD 323657
51.3%
19
France
KWD 287460
56.8%
20
Belgium
KWD 250174
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 249484
62.5%
22
Portugal
KWD 242076
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 365113
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 316119
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 596243
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 552801
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 521183
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 450554
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 436360
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 433500
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 432631
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 414897
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 408804
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 406623
38.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 398200
40.1%
11
China
KWD 374367
43.7%
12
Japan
KWD 366398
44.9%
13
Australia
KWD 358249
46.1%
14
South Korea
KWD 356013
46.5%
15
India
KWD 143479
78.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 588651
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 482161
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 449732
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 445803
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 433608
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 432126
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 431546
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 412756
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 412156
38.0%
9
Peru
KWD 409616
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 406374
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 383438
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 483704
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 465524
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 453252
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 452243
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 440079
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 432806
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 408949
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 405149
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 403561
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 399238
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 368698
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 366742
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 661557
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 660394
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 655424
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 631571
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 631571
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 611627
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 498694
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 498667
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 387252
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 339920
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%.