Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,585 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,314 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.1%
95.9%
Net pay
4.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,314 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 6,585 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.91 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.1% tax rate now rises to 8.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 79,020 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 75,765 KWD per year, or 6,314 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.1% 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 68747
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 64401
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 63611
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 60521
23.4%
4
Switzerland
KWD 52874
33.1%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 47726
39.6%
6
Poland
KWD 46326
41.4%
7
Romania
KWD 46227
41.5%
8
Spain
KWD 45941
41.9%
9
Norway
KWD 45902
41.9%
10
Austria
KWD 45688
42.2%
11
Greece
KWD 44882
43.2%
12
Denmark
KWD 44435
43.8%
13
France
KWD 44286
44.0%
14
Netherlands
KWD 42722
45.9%
15
Ireland
KWD 42477
46.3%
16
Sweden
KWD 42447
46.3%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 42381
46.4%
18
Germany
KWD 41887
47.0%
19
Italy
KWD 38090
51.8%
20
Finland
KWD 33795
57.2%
21
Portugal
KWD 32139
59.3%
22
Belgium
KWD 31206
60.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 51105
35.3%
1
Canada
KWD 43899
44.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 69030
12.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 66594
15.7%
2
Singapore
KWD 64214
18.7%
3
Thailand
KWD 55595
29.6%
4
Taiwan
KWD 55148
30.2%
5
Indonesia
KWD 54558
31.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 52735
33.3%
7
China
KWD 52181
34.0%
8
Vietnam
KWD 51867
34.4%
9
New Zealand
KWD 51471
34.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 51345
35.0%
11
Philippines
KWD 51218
35.2%
12
Japan
KWD 50491
36.1%
13
South Korea
KWD 49746
37.1%
14
Australia
KWD 47780
39.5%
15
India
KWD 39608
49.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 70177
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 57462
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 56520
28.5%
3
Uruguay
KWD 56369
28.7%
4
Colombia
KWD 55269
30.1%
5
Chile
KWD 54898
30.5%
6
Panama
KWD 54787
30.7%
7
Mexico
KWD 52843
33.1%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 52832
33.1%
9
Argentina
KWD 51361
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 50818
35.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 49265
37.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 57540
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 55469
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 53788
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 53552
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 52578
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 52041
34.1%
6
Zambia
KWD 48687
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 48578
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 48489
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 47763
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 46512
41.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 44557
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 75765
4.1%
1
Bahrain
KWD 75490
4.5%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 75069
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 75069
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 74602
5.6%
5
Oman
KWD 72698
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 59350
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 59323
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 47024
40.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 46081
41.7%
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%.