Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
83,599 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 83,328 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
83,328 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 83,599 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 1,003,188 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 999,933 KWD per year, or 83,328 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 872774
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 817598
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 807566
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 772130
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 586865
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 578227
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 562416
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 539171
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 532014
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 530526
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 525983
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 525072
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 517809
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 516014
48.6%
14
Netherlands
KWD 509427
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 504619
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 502650
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 490469
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 486078
51.6%
19
France
KWD 427209
57.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 376659
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 374074
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 363891
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 545467
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 473363
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 900782
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 833654
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 785116
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 679296
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 656304
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 653444
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 652576
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 624972
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 615214
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 609649
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 597838
40.4%
11
China
KWD 560474
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 548759
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 537589
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 532404
46.9%
15
India
KWD 182416
81.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 888141
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 727484
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 676867
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 671669
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 653552
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 652070
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 650307
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 619157
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 617672
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 616871
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 609399
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 576470
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 729872
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 702387
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 684135
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 682407
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 663915
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 652750
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 617050
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 611169
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 608613
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 602264
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 554805
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 552849
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 999933
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 998770
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 990416
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 953029
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 953029
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 922933
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 752476
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 752449
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 584325
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 509108
49.3%
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%.