Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,992 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 85,721 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
85,721 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 85,992 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 1,031,904 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,028,649 KWD per year, or 85,721 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 897756
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 841002
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 830683
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 794242
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 603664
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 594754
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 578497
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 554366
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 547119
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 545694
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 540844
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 539947
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 532518
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 531684
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 523929
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 518980
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 516700
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 504389
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 499861
51.6%
19
France
KWD 439069
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 387393
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 384647
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 374229
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 560773
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 486708
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 926626
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 857488
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 807515
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 698708
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 674970
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 672110
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 671241
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 642800
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 632730
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 626878
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 614780
40.4%
11
China
KWD 576267
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 564234
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 552808
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 547374
47.0%
15
India
KWD 185720
82.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 913557
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 748303
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 696143
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 690837
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 672218
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 670735
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 668871
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 636673
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 635113
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 634460
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 626629
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 592852
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 750763
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 722488
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 703728
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 701939
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 682910
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 671416
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 634711
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 628653
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 626014
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 619493
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 570598
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 568643
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1028649
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1027486
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1018845
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 980309
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 980309
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 949352
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 774013
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 773986
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 601050
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 523466
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%.