Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,448 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 58,177 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
58,177 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 58,448 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 701,376 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 698,121 KWD per year, or 58,177 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 384601
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 333110
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 629151
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 583150
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 549703
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 475271
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 460126
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 457266
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 456398
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 437597
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 431108
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 428562
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 419772
40.2%
11
China
KWD 394477
43.8%
12
Japan
KWD 386103
45.0%
13
Australia
KWD 377628
46.2%
14
South Korea
KWD 375074
46.5%
15
India
KWD 147686
78.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 621013
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 508670
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 474276
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 470210
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 457374
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 455892
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 455185
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 435059
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 434363
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 432011
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 428312
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 404297
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 510304
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 491119
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 478201
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 477114
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 464266
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 456573
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 431436
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 427411
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 425718
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 421176
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 388808
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 386852
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 698121
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 696958
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 691622
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 666307
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 666307
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 645266
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 526117
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 526090
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 408547
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 358202
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%.