Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,982 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 88,711 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
88,711 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 88,982 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 1,067,784 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,064,529 KWD per year, or 88,711 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 928972
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 870244
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 859566
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 821869
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 624654
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 615404
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 598590
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 573351
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 565992
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 564646
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 559412
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 558533
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 551264
48.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 550896
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 542048
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 536923
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 534256
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 521782
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 517084
51.6%
19
France
KWD 453888
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 400805
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 397858
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 387146
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 579897
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 503381
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 958918
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 887268
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 835501
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 722963
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 698292
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 695432
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 694563
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 665076
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 654617
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 648406
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 635949
40.4%
11
China
KWD 596001
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 583571
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 571825
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 566077
47.0%
15
India
KWD 189849
82.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 945314
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 774316
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 720227
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 714787
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 695540
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 694057
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 692068
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 658559
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 656905
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 656436
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 648157
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 613320
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 776866
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 747604
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 728210
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 726345
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 706645
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 694738
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 656777
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 650498
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 647757
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 641021
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 590332
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 588377
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1064529
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1063366
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1054366
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1014395
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1014395
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 982361
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 800923
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 800896
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 621947
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 541406
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%.