Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
86,752 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 86,481 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
86,481 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 86,752 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 1,041,024 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,037,769 KWD per year, or 86,481 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 905691
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 848435
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 838024
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 801264
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 608999
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 600003
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 583605
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 559192
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 551916
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 550511
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 545563
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 544671
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 537189
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 536661
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 528534
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 523541
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 521163
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 508810
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 504239
51.6%
19
France
KWD 442836
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 390802
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 388005
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 377512
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 565634
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 490946
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 934834
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 865057
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 814628
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 704873
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 680898
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 678038
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 677169
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 648462
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 638294
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 632350
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 620161
40.4%
11
China
KWD 581283
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 569149
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 557642
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 552128
47.0%
15
India
KWD 186769
82.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 921629
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 754915
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 702265
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 696925
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 678146
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 676663
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 674767
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 642236
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 640652
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 640046
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 632101
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 598054
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 757398
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 728872
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 709951
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 708143
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 688943
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 677344
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 640319
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 634205
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 631541
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 624965
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 575614
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 573659
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1037769
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1036606
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1027874
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 988973
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 988973
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 957742
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 780853
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 780826
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 606362
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 528026
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%.