Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,680 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 79,409 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
79,409 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 79,680 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 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 956,160 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 952,905 KWD per year, or 79,409 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% 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 831859
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 779270
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 769709
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 735919
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 559354
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 551160
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 536081
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 514287
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 507278
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 505686
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 501646
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 500711
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 493720
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 490351
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 485678
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 481101
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 479640
49.8%
17
Germany
KWD 467672
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 463504
51.5%
19
France
KWD 407787
57.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 359080
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 356758
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 346961
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 520401
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 451509
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 858456
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 794620
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 748434
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 647505
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 625736
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 622876
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 622008
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 595776
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 586527
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 581432
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 570092
40.4%
11
China
KWD 534608
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 523414
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 512664
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 507889
46.9%
15
India
KWD 177004
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 846517
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 693388
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 645300
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 640278
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 622984
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 621502
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 619903
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 590471
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 589109
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 588067
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 581182
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 549642
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 695660
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 669467
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 652046
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 650418
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 632806
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 622182
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 588128
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 582536
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 580114
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 574047
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 528939
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 526984
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 952905
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 951742
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 943859
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 908352
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 908352
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 879667
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 717205
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 717178
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 556936
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 485594
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%.