Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,240 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 57,969 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
57,969 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 58,240 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.10 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 698,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 695,625 KWD per year, or 57,969 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 383271
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 331950
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 626904
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 581078
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 547756
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 473584
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 458504
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 455644
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 454776
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 436048
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 429586
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 427064
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 418299
40.2%
11
China
KWD 393104
43.8%
12
Japan
KWD 384758
45.0%
13
Australia
KWD 376305
46.2%
14
South Korea
KWD 373772
46.5%
15
India
KWD 147399
78.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 618804
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 506860
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 472601
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 468543
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 455752
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 454270
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 453571
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 433537
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 432848
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 430483
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 426814
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 402873
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 508488
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 489371
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 476498
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 475416
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 462615
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 454950
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 429901
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 425891
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 424206
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 419679
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 387435
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 385480
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 695625
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 694462
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 689151
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 663936
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 663936
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 642970
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 524245
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 524218
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 407093
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 356954
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%.