Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
66,576 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 66,305 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
66,305 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 66,576 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 798,912 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 795,657 KWD per year, or 66,305 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.4% 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 695053
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 651113
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 643124
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 614838
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 467364
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 460656
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 448022
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 431083
46.0%
8
Norway
KWD 424565
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 422628
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 420270
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 419257
47.5%
12
Denmark
KWD 413176
48.3%
13
Netherlands
KWD 406268
49.2%
14
Italy
KWD 404540
49.4%
15
Austria
KWD 402701
49.6%
16
Sweden
KWD 402462
49.6%
17
Germany
KWD 391446
51.0%
18
Ireland
KWD 388025
51.4%
19
France
KWD 342843
57.1%
20
Belgium
KWD 300301
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 298860
62.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 290352
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 436588
45.4%
1
Canada
KWD 378435
52.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 716933
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 664104
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 625781
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 541205
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 523525
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 520665
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 519796
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 498151
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 490605
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 487083
39.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 477317
40.3%
11
China
KWD 448122
43.9%
12
Japan
KWD 438668
45.1%
13
Australia
KWD 429322
46.3%
14
South Korea
KWD 425918
46.7%
15
India
KWD 158909
80.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 707340
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 579383
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 539747
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 535315
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 520773
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 519291
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 518242
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 494554
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 493603
38.2%
9
Peru
KWD 491752
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 486834
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 459938
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 581262
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 559394
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 544752
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 543458
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 528786
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 519971
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 491420
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 486796
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 484824
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 479698
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 442453
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 440497
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 795657
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 794494
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 788183
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 758966
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 758966
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 734999
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 599269
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 599242
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 465353
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 406970
49.1%
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%.