Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
86,494 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 86,223 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
86,223 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 86,494 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 1,037,928 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,034,673 KWD per year, or 86,223 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 902997
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 845911
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 835532
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 798880
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 607188
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 598221
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 581871
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 557553
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 550288
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 548876
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 543961
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 543067
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 535603
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 534971
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 526971
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 521992
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 519648
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 507309
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 502753
51.6%
19
France
KWD 441557
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 389645
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 386865
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 376398
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 563983
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 489507
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 932048
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 862488
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 812213
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 702780
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 678885
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 676025
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 675157
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 646540
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 636405
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 630493
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 618334
40.4%
11
China
KWD 579581
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 567481
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 556001
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 550514
47.0%
15
India
KWD 186413
82.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 918889
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 752670
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 700187
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 694858
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 676133
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 674651
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 672766
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 640348
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 638772
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 638149
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 630243
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 596288
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 755146
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 726705
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 707839
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 706037
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 686895
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 675331
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 638415
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 632320
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 629665
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 623108
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 573912
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 571956
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1034673
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1033510
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1024809
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 986032
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 986032
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 954894
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 778531
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 778504
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 604558
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 526478
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%.