Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,318 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 80,047 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
80,047 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 80,318 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.07 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 963,816 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 960,561 KWD per year, or 80,047 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 838520
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 785510
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 775872
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 741814
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 563832
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 555566
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 540368
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 518338
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 511305
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 509730
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 505608
47.5%
11
Spain
KWD 504677
47.6%
12
Denmark
KWD 497642
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 494528
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 489544
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 484929
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 483386
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 471384
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 467179
51.5%
19
France
KWD 410949
57.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 361942
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 359577
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 349717
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 524482
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 455067
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 865347
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 800975
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 754406
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 652680
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 630712
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 627852
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 626984
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 600529
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 591197
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 586026
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 574609
40.4%
11
China
KWD 538819
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 527540
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 516722
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 511880
46.9%
15
India
KWD 177885
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 853293
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 698939
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 650439
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 645388
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 627960
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 626478
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 624853
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 595141
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 593759
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 592756
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 585776
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 554010
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 701229
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 674827
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 657270
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 655626
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 637870
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 627159
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 592836
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 587197
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 584754
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 578640
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 533150
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 531194
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 960561
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 959398
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 951438
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 915625
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 915625
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 886711
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 722947
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 722920
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 561395
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 489422
49.2%
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%.