Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,901 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 87,630 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
87,630 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 87,901 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 1,054,812 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,051,557 KWD per year, or 87,630 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 917686
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 859672
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 849124
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 811881
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 617065
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 607938
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 591326
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 566487
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 559169
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 557794
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 552699
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 551813
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 544252
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 544185
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 535497
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 530436
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 527909
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 515494
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 510857
51.6%
19
France
KWD 448530
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 395956
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 393082
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 382476
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 572983
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 497353
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 947243
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 876501
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 825383
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 714194
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 689860
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 687000
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 686131
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 657022
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 646704
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 640623
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 628296
40.4%
11
China
KWD 588867
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 576580
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 564949
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 559315
47.0%
15
India
KWD 188356
82.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 933832
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 764911
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 711520
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 706128
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 687108
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 685626
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 683681
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 650647
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 649026
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 648491
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 640374
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 605920
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 767429
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 738524
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 719359
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 717521
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 698064
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 686306
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 648799
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 642600
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 639896
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 633238
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 583198
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 581242
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1051557
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1050394
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1041524
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1002071
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1002071
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 970427
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 791194
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 791167
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 614392
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 534920
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%.