Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,435 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 60,164 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.4%
99.6%
Net pay
0.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
60,164 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 60,435 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 0.4% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 725,220 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 721,965 KWD per year, or 60,164 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 630941
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 591054
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 583802
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 558095
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 424254
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 418243
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 406754
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 392090
45.9%
8
Norway
KWD 385803
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 383703
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 382135
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 381085
47.5%
12
Denmark
KWD 375429
48.2%
13
Netherlands
KWD 369053
49.1%
14
Austria
KWD 366644
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 365609
49.6%
16
Italy
KWD 364327
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 355724
51.0%
18
Ireland
KWD 352653
51.4%
19
France
KWD 312409
56.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 272755
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 271726
62.5%
22
Portugal
KWD 263823
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 397310
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 344190
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 650610
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 602940
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 568301
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 491389
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 475625
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 472765
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 471897
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 452401
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 445653
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 442868
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 433840
40.2%
11
China
KWD 407591
43.8%
12
Japan
KWD 398954
45.0%
13
Australia
KWD 390266
46.2%
14
South Korea
KWD 387503
46.6%
15
India
KWD 150430
79.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 642117
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 525957
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 490281
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 486125
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 472873
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 471391
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 470600
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 449603
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 448845
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 446616
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 442618
39.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 417899
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 527651
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 507809
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 494470
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 493333
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 480039
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 472071
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 446100
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 441928
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 440168
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 435483
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 401922
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 399967
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 721965
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 720802
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 715228
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 688959
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 688959
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 667202
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 544000
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 543973
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 422434
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 370124
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%.