Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
77,498 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 77,227 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
77,227 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 77,498 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 929,976 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 926,721 KWD per year, or 77,227 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 809079
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 757930
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 748631
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 715757
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 544036
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 536090
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 521418
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 500433
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 493505
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 491856
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 488096
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 487148
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 480309
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 476062
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 472455
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 468006
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 466829
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 454980
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 450936
51.5%
19
France
KWD 396973
57.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 349292
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 347117
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 337535
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 506445
45.5%
1
Canada
KWD 439341
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 834891
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 772888
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 728011
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 629805
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 608716
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 605856
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 604988
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 579520
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 570554
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 565722
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 554644
40.4%
11
China
KWD 520207
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 509303
45.2%
13
Australia
KWD 498786
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 494240
46.9%
15
India
KWD 173991
81.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 823342
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 674405
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 627724
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 622800
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 605964
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 604482
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 602975
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 574500
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 573206
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 572029
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 565472
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 534705
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 676611
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 651139
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 634180
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 632608
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 615485
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 605163
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 572025
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 566594
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 564247
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 558336
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 514538
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 512582
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 926721
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 925558
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 917936
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 883477
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 883477
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 855578
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 697567
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 697540
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 541686
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 472502
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%.