Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,275 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 7,004 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
3.7%
96.3%
Net pay
3.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,004 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 7,275 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.83 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
7.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.7% tax rate now rises to 7.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 87,300 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 84,045 KWD per year, or 7,004 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.7% 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 55660
36.2%
1
Canada
KWD 47746
45.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 76482
12.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 73466
15.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 70705
19.0%
3
Thailand
KWD 60977
30.2%
4
Indonesia
KWD 60156
31.1%
5
Taiwan
KWD 60116
31.1%
6
Pakistan
KWD 58117
33.4%
7
Vietnam
KWD 57249
34.4%
8
China
KWD 56735
35.0%
9
New Zealand
KWD 56522
35.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 56430
35.4%
11
Philippines
KWD 56359
35.4%
12
Japan
KWD 55133
36.9%
13
South Korea
KWD 54277
37.8%
14
Australia
KWD 52168
40.2%
15
India
KWD 43665
50.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 77506
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 63465
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 62078
28.9%
3
Uruguay
KWD 61398
29.7%
4
Colombia
KWD 60467
30.7%
5
Panama
KWD 60314
30.9%
6
Chile
KWD 59866
31.4%
7
Mexico
KWD 58225
33.3%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 58185
33.4%
9
Argentina
KWD 56743
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 55890
36.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 53988
38.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 63564
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 61265
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 59420
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 59201
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 58055
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 57423
34.2%
6
Zambia
KWD 53779
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 53596
38.6%
8
Cameroon
KWD 53531
38.7%
9
Senegal
KWD 52731
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 51066
41.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 49111
43.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 84045
3.7%
1
Bahrain
KWD 83687
4.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 82935
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 82935
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 82882
5.1%
5
Oman
KWD 80316
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 65560
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 65533
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 51164
41.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 50903
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%.