Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
150,800 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 150,664 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
150,664 KWD
Net pay
165 KWD
Tax the employer pays
136 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
301 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 165 KWD to pay you 150,800 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,619,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,615,945 KWD per year, or 301,329 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 3148704
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2949648
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2913456
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2786460
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 2117232
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 2083859
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 2027383
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1943571
46.3%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1923382
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1912304
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1908037
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 1880166
48.1%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1879770
48.1%
13
Denmark
KWD 1857772
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1830513
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 1812872
49.9%
16
Austria
KWD 1782627
50.8%
17
Germany
KWD 1758581
51.4%
18
Ireland
KWD 1741763
51.9%
19
France
KWD 1507622
58.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 1354522
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1337290
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 1305656
63.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1939801
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1689034
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3255192
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3004943
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2825606
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2447720
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2356712
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2353852
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2352984
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2249080
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2210981
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2179256
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2141259
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1999280
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 1958602
45.9%
13
Australia
KWD 1924075
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1896097
47.6%
15
India
KWD 483441
86.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3203523
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2624092
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2432865
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2417857
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2353960
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2352478
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2341558
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 2219179
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 2214862
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2206533
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 2179006
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2068813
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2633021
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2533595
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2469105
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2461818
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2394407
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2353158
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2225898
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2203928
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2193885
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2171871
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1993611
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1991656
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3615945
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3614782
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3580268
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3438240
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 3438240
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 3329664
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2714485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2714458
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2107917
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1817114
49.8%
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%.