Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,984 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 87,713 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
87,713 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 87,984 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 1,055,808 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,052,553 KWD per year, or 87,713 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 573513
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 497816
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 948140
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 877328
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 826160
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 714867
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 690507
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 687647
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 686779
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 657641
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 647312
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 641221
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 628883
40.4%
11
China
KWD 589415
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 577117
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 565477
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 559834
47.0%
15
India
KWD 188471
82.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 934714
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 765633
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 712189
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 706793
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 687755
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 686273
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 684325
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 651254
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 649631
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 649101
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 640971
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 606488
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 768153
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 739221
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 720039
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 718199
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 698723
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 686953
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 649411
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 643207
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 640500
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 633836
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 583746
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 581790
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1052553
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1051390
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1042510
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1003018
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1003018
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 971343
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 791941
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 791914
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 614972
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 535418
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%.