Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
89,352 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 89,081 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
89,081 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 89,352 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 1,072,224 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,068,969 KWD per year, or 89,081 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 932835
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 873863
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 863140
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 825288
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 627251
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 617960
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 601077
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 575700
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 568327
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 566991
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 561709
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 560833
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 553687
48.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 553170
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 544290
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 539144
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 536428
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 523934
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 519215
51.6%
19
France
KWD 455721
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 402465
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 399493
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 388744
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 582263
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 505445
52.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 949243
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 777535
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 723208
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 717751
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 698426
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 696943
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 694938
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 661268
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 659602
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 659156
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 650821
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 615853
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 780096
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 750712
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 731240
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 729365
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 709582
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 697624
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 659507
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 653202
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 650448
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 643685
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 592774
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 590819
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1068969
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1067806
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1058762
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1018613
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1018613
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 986446
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 804253
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 804226
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 624533
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 543626
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%.