Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,453 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 85,182 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
85,182 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 85,453 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 1,025,436 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,022,181 KWD per year, or 85,182 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 557325
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 483702
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 920805
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 852119
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 802470
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 694335
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 670765
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 667905
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 667037
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 638785
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 628785
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 622998
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 610964
40.4%
11
China
KWD 572710
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 560749
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 549380
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 544002
47.0%
15
India
KWD 184976
82.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 907832
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 743613
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 691801
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 686520
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 668013
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 666531
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 664690
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 632728
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 631185
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 630498
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 622748
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 589162
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 746058
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 717961
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 699315
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 697540
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 678632
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 667212
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 630733
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 624715
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 622095
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 615612
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 567041
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 565085
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1022181
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1021018
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1012442
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 974164
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 974164
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 943401
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 769162
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 769135
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 597283
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 520232
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%.