Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
82,506 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 82,235 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
82,235 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 82,506 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.07 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 990,072 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 986,817 KWD per year, or 82,235 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 861363
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 806909
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 797008
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 762031
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 579192
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 570678
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 555071
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 532231
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 525115
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 523598
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 519196
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 518278
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 511091
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 508856
48.6%
14
Netherlands
KWD 502804
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 498060
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 496233
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 484111
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 479782
51.5%
19
France
KWD 421792
57.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 371756
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 369245
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 359170
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 538476
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 467268
52.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 876532
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 717974
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 668063
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 662914
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 645027
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 643545
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 641827
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 611157
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 609706
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 608838
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 601530
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 568988
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 720331
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 693206
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 675185
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 673485
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 655239
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 644225
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 608984
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 603183
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 600665
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 594394
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 547591
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 545635
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 986817
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 985654
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 977432
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 940568
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 940568
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 910866
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 742639
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 742612
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 576687
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 502550
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%.