Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
99,692 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 99,421 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
99,421 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 99,692 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 1,196,304 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,193,049 KWD per year, or 99,421 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 1040784
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 974988
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 963025
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 920830
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 699838
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 689373
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 670561
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 641355
46.4%
8
Norway
KWD 633593
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 632530
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 625921
47.7%
11
Spain
KWD 625106
47.8%
12
Italy
KWD 621397
48.1%
13
Denmark
KWD 616726
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 606951
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 601195
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 597139
50.1%
17
Germany
KWD 584082
51.2%
18
Ireland
KWD 578773
51.6%
19
France
KWD 506966
57.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 448846
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 445179
62.8%
22
Portugal
KWD 433413
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 648398
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 563105
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1074586
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 993940
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 935747
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 809842
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 781830
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 778970
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 778101
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 744865
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 733014
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 725518
39.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 711775
40.5%
11
China
KWD 666687
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 652834
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 639940
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 633073
47.1%
15
India
KWD 204637
82.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1059064
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 867493
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 806496
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 800574
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 779078
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 777595
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 775156
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 736953
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 735155
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 734963
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 725269
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 686636
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 870364
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 837568
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 815903
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 813764
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 791661
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 778276
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 735817
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 728748
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 725639
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 718133
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 661018
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 659063
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1193049
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1191886
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1181601
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1136489
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1136489
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1100600
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 897313
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 897286
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 696798
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 605666
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%.