Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,312 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 87,041 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
87,041 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 87,312 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 1,047,744 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,044,489 KWD per year, or 87,041 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 569215
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 494069
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 940882
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 870635
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 819870
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 709416
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 685266
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 682406
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 681537
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 652634
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 642393
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 636382
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 624126
40.4%
11
China
KWD 584979
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 572771
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 561203
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 555631
47.0%
15
India
KWD 187543
82.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 927577
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 759787
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 706776
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 701410
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 682514
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 681031
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 679112
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 646335
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 644734
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 644162
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 636133
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 601888
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 762287
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 733576
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 714536
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 712714
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 693389
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 681712
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 644452
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 638297
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 635613
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 628997
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 579310
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 577355
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1044489
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1043326
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1034527
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 995357
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 995357
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 963924
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 785893
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 785866
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 610275
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 531386
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%.