Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,575 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 7,304 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
3.6%
96.4%
Net pay
3.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,304 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 7,575 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.79 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
7.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.6% tax rate now rises to 7.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 90,900 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 87,645 KWD per year, or 7,304 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.6% 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 79083
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 74083
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 73174
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 69669
23.4%
4
Switzerland
KWD 59250
34.8%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 53874
40.7%
6
Romania
KWD 53177
41.5%
7
Poland
KWD 53164
41.5%
8
Spain
KWD 52332
42.4%
9
Norway
KWD 52151
42.6%
10
Austria
KWD 52018
42.8%
11
Greece
KWD 51535
43.3%
12
Denmark
KWD 50520
44.4%
13
France
KWD 49535
45.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 48722
46.4%
15
Luxembourg
KWD 48656
46.5%
16
Sweden
KWD 48389
46.8%
17
Ireland
KWD 48179
47.0%
18
Germany
KWD 48016
47.2%
19
Italy
KWD 43481
52.2%
20
Finland
KWD 38170
58.0%
21
Portugal
KWD 35822
60.6%
22
Belgium
KWD 35647
60.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 57641
36.6%
1
Canada
KWD 49419
45.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 79722
12.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 76454
15.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 73528
19.1%
3
Thailand
KWD 63317
30.3%
4
Indonesia
KWD 62589
31.2%
5
Taiwan
KWD 62276
31.5%
6
Pakistan
KWD 60457
33.5%
7
Vietnam
KWD 59589
34.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 58718
35.4%
9
China
KWD 58715
35.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 58626
35.5%
11
Philippines
KWD 58594
35.5%
12
Japan
KWD 57082
37.2%
13
South Korea
KWD 56227
38.1%
14
Australia
KWD 54076
40.5%
15
India
KWD 45429
50.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 80692
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 66075
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 64494
29.1%
3
Uruguay
KWD 63585
30.1%
4
Panama
KWD 62717
31.0%
5
Colombia
KWD 62683
31.0%
6
Chile
KWD 62026
31.8%
7
Mexico
KWD 60565
33.4%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 60512
33.4%
9
Argentina
KWD 59083
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 58095
36.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 56042
38.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 66183
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 63785
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 61868
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 61658
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 60436
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 59763
34.3%
6
Zambia
KWD 55993
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 55777
38.6%
8
Cameroon
KWD 55722
38.7%
9
Senegal
KWD 54891
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 53046
41.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 51091
43.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 87645
3.6%
1
Bahrain
KWD 87251
4.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 86482
4.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 86355
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 86355
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 83628
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 68260
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 68233
24.9%
8
Turkey
KWD 53000
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 52964
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%.