Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
97,934 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 97,663 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
97,663 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 97,934 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 1,175,208 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,171,953 KWD per year, or 97,663 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 1022431
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 957795
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 946042
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 904586
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 687497
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 677232
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 658748
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 630192
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 622497
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 621387
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 615004
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 614178
47.7%
12
Italy
KWD 609885
48.1%
13
Denmark
KWD 605920
48.4%
14
Netherlands
KWD 596297
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 590645
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 586817
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 573856
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 568647
51.6%
19
France
KWD 498254
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 440960
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 437412
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 425819
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 637154
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 553302
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1055600
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 976430
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 919292
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 795581
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 768117
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 765257
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 764389
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 731768
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 720146
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 712861
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 699328
40.5%
11
China
KWD 655085
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 641465
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 628759
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 622076
47.1%
15
India
KWD 202210
82.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1040393
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 852198
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 792336
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 786492
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 765365
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 763883
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 761517
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 724085
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 722233
38.5%
9
Uruguay
KWD 722150
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 712611
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 674602
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 855017
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 822801
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 801508
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 799415
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 777706
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 764563
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 722842
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 715903
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 712855
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 705476
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 649416
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 647460
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1171953
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1170790
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1160716
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1116448
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1116448
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1081191
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 881491
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 881464
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 684512
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 595118
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%.