Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
89,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 89,129 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
89,129 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 89,400 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 1,072,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,069,545 KWD per year, or 89,129 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 933336
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 874332
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 863604
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 825732
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 627588
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 618291
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 601399
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 576005
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 568630
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 567295
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 562008
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 561131
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 554001
48.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 553465
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 544581
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 539432
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 536710
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 524214
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 519491
51.6%
19
France
KWD 455959
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 402680
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 399705
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 388952
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 582570
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 505712
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 963432
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 891431
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 839414
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 726354
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 701552
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 698692
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 697824
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 668190
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 657677
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 651416
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 638908
40.4%
11
China
KWD 598760
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 586274
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 574483
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 568692
47.0%
15
India
KWD 190426
82.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 949753
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 777952
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 723594
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 718135
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 698800
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 697318
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 695311
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 661619
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 659952
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 659509
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 651166
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 616181
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 780515
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 751115
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 731633
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 729757
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 709963
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 697998
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 659862
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 653552
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 650797
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 644031
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 593091
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 591136
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1069545
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1068382
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1059332
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1019160
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1019160
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 986976
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 804685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 804658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 624868
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 543914
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%.