Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
75,648 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 75,377 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
75,377 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 75,648 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 907,776 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 904,521 KWD per year, or 75,377 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 789765
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 739837
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 730760
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 698663
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 531049
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 523313
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 508986
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 488686
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 481828
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 480130
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 476608
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 475649
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 468937
48.3%
13
Italy
KWD 463947
48.9%
14
Netherlands
KWD 461244
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 456904
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 455966
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 444218
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 440280
51.5%
19
France
KWD 387804
57.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 340994
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 338943
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 329543
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 494612
45.5%
1
Canada
KWD 429025
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 814911
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 754462
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 710695
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 614797
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 594286
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 591426
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 590558
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 565737
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 557012
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 552402
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 541546
40.3%
11
China
KWD 507997
44.0%
12
Japan
KWD 497338
45.2%
13
Australia
KWD 487020
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 482667
46.8%
15
India
KWD 171436
81.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 803694
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 658310
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 612822
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 607982
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 591534
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 590052
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 588623
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 560958
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 559723
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 558431
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 552152
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 522041
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 660460
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 635599
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 619033
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 617507
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 600800
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 590733
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 558372
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 553077
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 550794
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 545016
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 502328
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 500372
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 904521
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 903358
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 895958
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 862387
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 862387
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 835154
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 680917
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 680890
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 528757
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 461402
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%.