Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
75,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 75,129 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
75,129 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 75,400 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 904,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 901,545 KWD per year, or 75,129 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 787176
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 737412
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 728364
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 696372
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 529308
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 521600
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 507319
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 487111
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 480262
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 478558
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 475068
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 474107
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 467413
48.3%
13
Italy
KWD 462323
48.9%
14
Netherlands
KWD 459741
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 455416
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 454510
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 442776
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 438851
51.5%
19
France
KWD 386575
57.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 339882
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 337848
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 328472
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 493026
45.5%
1
Canada
KWD 427642
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 812232
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 751991
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 708374
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 612786
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 592352
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 589492
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 588624
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 563890
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 555197
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 550616
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 539790
40.3%
11
China
KWD 506360
44.0%
12
Japan
KWD 495734
45.2%
13
Australia
KWD 485443
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 481116
46.8%
15
India
KWD 171094
81.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 801060
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 656152
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 610824
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 605995
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 589600
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 588118
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 586699
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 559143
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 557915
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 556609
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 550366
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 520343
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 658295
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 633515
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 617002
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 615483
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 598831
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 588798
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 556542
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 551265
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 548991
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 543231
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 500691
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 498736
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 901545
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 900382
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 893012
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 859560
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 859560
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 832416
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 678685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 678658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 527023
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 459914
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%.