Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,257 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 59,986 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
59,986 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 60,257 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 723,084 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 719,829 KWD per year, or 59,986 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 396172
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 343198
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 648688
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 601167
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 566635
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 489946
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 474237
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 471377
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 470508
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 451075
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 444350
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 441586
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 432580
40.2%
11
China
KWD 406416
43.8%
12
Japan
KWD 397803
45.0%
13
Australia
KWD 389134
46.2%
14
South Korea
KWD 386390
46.6%
15
India
KWD 150184
79.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 640226
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 524408
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 488848
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 484700
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 471485
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 470002
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 469219
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 448300
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 447548
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 445308
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 441337
39.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 416681
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 526097
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 506314
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 493013
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 491880
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 478626
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 470683
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 444786
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 440628
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 438873
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 434201
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 400747
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 398792
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 719829
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 718666
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 713113
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 686930
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 686930
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 665237
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 542398
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 542371
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 421190
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 369056
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%.