Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,227 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 87,956 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
87,956 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 88,227 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 1,058,724 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,055,469 KWD per year, or 87,956 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 921090
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 862860
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 852273
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 814893
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 619354
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 610190
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 593517
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 568557
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 561226
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 559860
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 554723
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 553840
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 546320
48.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 546255
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 537473
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 532392
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 529823
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 517390
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 512735
51.6%
19
France
KWD 450146
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 397418
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 394522
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 383884
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 575068
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 499171
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 950764
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 879748
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 828434
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 716838
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 692403
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 689543
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 688674
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 659451
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 649091
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 642970
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 630604
40.4%
11
China
KWD 591018
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 578688
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 567023
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 561354
47.0%
15
India
KWD 188806
82.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 937295
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 767747
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 714146
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 708739
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 689651
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 688168
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 686211
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 653033
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 651402
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 650887
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 642721
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 608151
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 770275
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 741262
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 722028
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 720182
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 700652
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 688849
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 651205
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 644982
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 642267
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 635585
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 585349
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 583394
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1055469
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1054306
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1045397
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1005788
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1005788
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 974026
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 794128
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 794101
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 616670
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 536876
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%.