Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,100 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 73,829 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
73,829 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 74,100 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.08 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 889,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 885,945 KWD per year, or 73,829 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 773604
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 724698
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 715806
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 684360
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 520182
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 512621
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 498583
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 478857
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 472057
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 470318
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 466995
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 466026
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 459422
48.3%
13
Italy
KWD 453810
49.0%
14
Netherlands
KWD 451863
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 447614
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 446877
49.7%
17
Germany
KWD 435213
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 431363
51.5%
19
France
KWD 380132
57.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 334050
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 332104
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 322856
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 484711
45.5%
1
Canada
KWD 420393
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 798192
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 739043
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 696206
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 602240
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 582212
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 579352
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 578484
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 554205
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 545681
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 541256
39.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 530586
40.3%
11
China
KWD 497780
44.0%
12
Japan
KWD 487327
45.2%
13
Australia
KWD 477175
46.3%
14
South Korea
KWD 472984
46.8%
15
India
KWD 169299
81.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 787252
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 644842
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 600353
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 595582
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 579460
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 577978
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 576613
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 549627
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 548440
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 547054
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 541006
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 511444
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 646946
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 622595
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 606358
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 604872
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 588512
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 578658
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 546948
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 541767
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 539537
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 533871
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 492111
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 490156
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 885945
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 884782
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 877568
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 844740
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 844740
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 818064
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 666985
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 666958
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 517938
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 452114
49.2%
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%.