Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,205 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 84,934 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
84,934 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 85,205 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 1,022,460 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,019,205 KWD per year, or 84,934 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 889540
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 833305
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 823080
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 786970
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 598139
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 589318
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 573209
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 549369
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 542151
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 540706
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 535957
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 535055
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 527680
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 526530
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 519159
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 514257
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 512080
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 499811
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 495328
51.6%
19
France
KWD 435169
57.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 383863
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 381170
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 370829
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 555739
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 482319
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 918126
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 849649
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 800148
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 692324
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 668831
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 665971
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 665103
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 636937
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 626970
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 621212
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 609208
40.4%
11
China
KWD 571073
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 559145
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 547803
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 542450
47.0%
15
India
KWD 184633
81.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 905198
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 741456
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 689804
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 684533
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 666079
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 664597
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 662766
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 630913
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 629377
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 628675
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 620962
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 587464
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 743893
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 715877
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 697285
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 695515
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 676663
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 665277
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 628902
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 622903
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 620291
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 613827
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 565404
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 563449
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1019205
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1018042
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1009496
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 971337
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 971337
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 940663
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 766930
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 766903
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 595550
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 518744
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%.