Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
96,264 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 95,993 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
95,993 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 96,264 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.06 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,155,168 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,151,913 KWD per year, or 95,993 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 1004996
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 941462
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 929910
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 889155
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 675773
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 665698
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 647525
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 619589
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 611956
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 610802
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 604633
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 603798
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 598949
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 595656
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 586177
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 580623
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 577012
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 564141
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 559028
51.6%
19
France
KWD 489977
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 433469
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 430033
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 418604
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 626472
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 543989
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1037564
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 959797
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 903661
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 782034
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 755091
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 752231
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 751363
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 719327
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 707922
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 700837
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 687505
40.5%
11
China
KWD 644063
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 630665
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 618138
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 611629
47.1%
15
India
KWD 199904
82.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1022656
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 837669
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 778884
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 773116
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 752339
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 750857
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 748562
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 711861
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 709959
38.5%
9
Uruguay
KWD 709979
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 700587
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 663169
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 840438
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 808773
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 787835
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 785783
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 764450
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 751537
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 710518
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 703702
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 700711
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 693452
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 638394
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 636438
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1151913
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1150750
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1140877
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1097410
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1097410
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1062755
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 866461
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 866434
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 672840
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 585098
49.4%
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%.