Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
135,560 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 135,289 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
135,289 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 135,560 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.04 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,626,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,623,465 KWD per year, or 135,289 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 1415246
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1325777
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1309510
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1252250
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 951631
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 937097
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 911594
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 869101
46.6%
8
Norway
KWD 859992
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 859876
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 856275
47.4%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 848661
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 848062
47.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 837192
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 824311
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 816444
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 807735
50.4%
17
Germany
KWD 792726
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 785373
51.7%
19
France
KWD 684728
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 609735
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 603658
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 588363
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 877809
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 763121
53.1%
2
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%.