Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
89,482 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 89,211 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
89,211 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 89,482 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 1,073,784 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,070,529 KWD per year, or 89,211 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 934192
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 875134
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 864396
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 826489
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 628164
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 618858
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 601950
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 576526
46.3%
8
Norway
KWD 569148
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 567815
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 562517
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 561641
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 554538
48.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 553969
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 545078
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 539924
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 537192
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 524691
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 519964
51.6%
19
France
KWD 456366
57.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 403048
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 400067
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 389306
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 583095
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 506169
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 964318
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 892248
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 840181
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 727019
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 702192
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 699332
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 698463
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 668801
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 658277
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 652006
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 639489
40.5%
11
China
KWD 599301
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 586805
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 575005
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 569205
47.0%
15
India
KWD 190539
82.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 950624
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 778666
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 724255
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 718792
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 699440
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 697957
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 695947
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 662219
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 660549
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 660111
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 651757
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 616743
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 781231
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 751804
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 732304
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 730426
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 710614
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 698638
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 660467
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 654151
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 651393
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 644621
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 593632
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 591677
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1070529
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1069366
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1060306
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1020095
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1020095
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 987881
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 805423
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 805396
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 625441
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 544406
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%.