Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
75,421 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 75,150 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
75,150 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 75,421 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 905,052 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 901,797 KWD per year, or 75,150 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 787395
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 737617
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 728567
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 696566
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 529455
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 521745
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 507460
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 487245
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 480395
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 478691
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 475198
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 474238
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 467542
48.3%
13
Italy
KWD 462461
48.9%
14
Netherlands
KWD 459868
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 455542
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 454634
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 442898
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 438972
51.5%
19
France
KWD 386679
57.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 339976
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 337940
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 328562
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 493160
45.5%
1
Canada
KWD 427759
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 812459
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 752201
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 708570
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 612956
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 592516
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 589656
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 588787
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 564046
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 555351
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 550767
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 539939
40.3%
11
China
KWD 506499
44.0%
12
Japan
KWD 495870
45.2%
13
Australia
KWD 485577
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 481247
46.8%
15
India
KWD 171123
81.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 801283
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 656335
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 610994
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 606163
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 589764
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 588282
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 586862
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 559297
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 558068
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 556763
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 550518
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 520487
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 658478
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 633692
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 617174
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 615654
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 598998
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 588962
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 556697
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 551419
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 549144
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 543382
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 500830
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 498874
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 901797
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 900634
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 893262
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 859799
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 859799
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 832648
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 678874
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 678847
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 527170
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 460040
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%.