Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
96,980 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 96,709 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
96,709 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 96,980 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 1,163,760 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,160,505 KWD per year, or 96,709 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 1012471
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 948464
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 936827
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 895771
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 680800
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 670643
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 652337
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 624135
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 616475
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 615340
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 609079
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 608248
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 603638
48.1%
13
Denmark
KWD 600057
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 590516
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 584920
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 581216
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 568306
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 563152
51.6%
19
France
KWD 493526
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 436681
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 433197
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 421697
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 631052
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 547982
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1045296
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 966928
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 910362
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 787842
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 760676
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 757816
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 756948
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 724661
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 713163
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 705992
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 692574
40.5%
11
China
KWD 648788
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 635295
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 622692
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 616108
47.1%
15
India
KWD 200893
82.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1030260
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 843898
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 784651
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 778851
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 757924
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 756442
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 754116
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 717102
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 715222
38.5%
9
Uruguay
KWD 715197
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 705742
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 668071
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 846689
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 814787
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 793697
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 791628
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 770133
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 757122
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 715802
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 708933
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 705918
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 698607
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 643119
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 641164
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1160505
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1159342
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1149383
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1105572
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1105572
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1070659
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 872905
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 872878
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 677844
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 589394
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%.