Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
68,641 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 68,370 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
68,370 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 68,641 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 823,692 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 820,437 KWD per year, or 68,370 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 716612
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 671309
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 663072
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 633919
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 481860
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 474918
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 461899
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 444195
46.1%
8
Norway
KWD 437599
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 435716
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 433094
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 432093
47.5%
12
Denmark
KWD 425868
48.3%
13
Netherlands
KWD 418782
49.2%
14
Italy
KWD 418063
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 414854
49.6%
16
Austria
KWD 414825
49.6%
17
Germany
KWD 403458
51.0%
18
Ireland
KWD 399920
51.5%
19
France
KWD 353078
57.1%
20
Belgium
KWD 309564
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 307984
62.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 299273
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 449796
45.4%
1
Canada
KWD 389951
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 739235
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 684672
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 645109
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 557957
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 539632
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 536772
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 535903
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 513535
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 505721
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 501951
39.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 491937
40.3%
11
China
KWD 461751
43.9%
12
Japan
KWD 452023
45.1%
13
Australia
KWD 442456
46.3%
14
South Korea
KWD 438835
46.7%
15
India
KWD 161761
80.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 729272
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 597349
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 556381
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 551856
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 536880
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 535398
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 534262
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 509669
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 508653
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 506930
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 501702
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 474074
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 599289
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 576740
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 561660
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 560313
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 545178
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 536078
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 506660
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 501883
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 499840
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 494566
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 456082
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 454126
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 820437
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 819274
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 812715
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 782507
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 782507
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 757797
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 617854
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 617827
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 479785
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 419360
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%.