Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,255 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 59,984 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
59,984 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 60,255 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 723,060 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 719,805 KWD per year, or 59,984 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 629062
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 589294
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 582063
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 556432
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 422990
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 417000
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 405545
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 390947
45.9%
8
Norway
KWD 384667
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 382563
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 381017
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 379966
47.5%
12
Denmark
KWD 374323
48.2%
13
Netherlands
KWD 367962
49.1%
14
Austria
KWD 365588
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 364529
49.6%
16
Italy
KWD 363148
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 354677
51.0%
18
Ireland
KWD 351616
51.4%
19
France
KWD 311517
56.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 271947
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 270931
62.5%
22
Portugal
KWD 263045
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 396159
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 343187
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 648666
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 601147
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 566616
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 489929
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 474221
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 471361
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 470493
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 451060
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 444336
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 441572
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 432565
40.2%
11
China
KWD 406403
43.8%
12
Japan
KWD 397790
45.0%
13
Australia
KWD 389121
46.2%
14
South Korea
KWD 386377
46.6%
15
India
KWD 150181
79.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 640205
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 524391
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 488831
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 484684
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 471469
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 469987
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 469204
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 448286
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 447533
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 445293
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 441322
39.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 416667
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 526079
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 506297
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 492996
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 491864
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 478610
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 470667
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 444771
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 440613
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 438859
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 434187
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 400734
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 398779
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 719805
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 718642
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 713090
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 686907
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 686907
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 665215
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 542380
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 542353
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 421176
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 369044
49.0%
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%.