Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
89,060 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 88,789 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
88,789 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 89,060 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 1,068,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,065,465 KWD per year, or 88,789 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 580395
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 503816
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 959760
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 888045
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 836231
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 723595
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 698900
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 696040
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 695172
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 665657
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 655188
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 648968
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 636501
40.4%
11
China
KWD 596516
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 584076
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 572321
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 566565
47.0%
15
India
KWD 189956
82.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 946142
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 774994
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 720856
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 715412
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 696148
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 694666
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 692673
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 659130
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 657474
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 657010
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 648718
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 613854
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 777547
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 748259
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 728849
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 726981
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 707264
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 695346
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 657352
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 651068
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 648324
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 641583
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 590847
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 588892
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1065465
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1064302
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1055293
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1015284
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1015284
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 983222
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 801625
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 801598
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 622492
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 541874
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%.