Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
97,912 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 97,641 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
97,641 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 97,912 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 1,174,944 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,171,689 KWD per year, or 97,641 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 1022201
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 957579
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 945830
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 904383
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 687342
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 677080
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 658600
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 630053
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 622358
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 621248
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 614867
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 614042
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 609741
48.1%
13
Denmark
KWD 605785
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 596164
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 590513
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 586688
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 573728
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 568521
51.6%
19
France
KWD 498145
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 440861
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 437315
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 425724
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 637013
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 553179
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1055362
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 976211
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 919086
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 795403
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 767946
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 765086
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 764217
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 731604
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 719985
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 712702
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 699172
40.5%
11
China
KWD 654939
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 641323
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 628619
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 621938
47.1%
15
India
KWD 202180
82.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1040159
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 852007
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 792159
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 786316
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 765194
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 763711
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 761347
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 723924
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 722072
38.5%
9
Uruguay
KWD 721990
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 712453
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 674451
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 854825
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 822616
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 801328
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 799235
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 777531
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 764392
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 722680
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 715743
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 712695
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 705317
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 649270
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 647315
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1171689
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1170526
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1160455
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1116197
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1116197
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1080948
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 881293
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 881266
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 684358
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 594986
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%.