Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,800 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 33,664 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.4%
99.6%
Net pay
0.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,664 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 33,800 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 811,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 807,945 KWD per year, or 67,329 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.4% 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 705744
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 661128
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 653016
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 624300
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 474552
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 467729
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 454903
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 437585
46.1%
8
Norway
KWD 431029
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 429118
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 426630
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 425622
47.5%
12
Denmark
KWD 419470
48.3%
13
Netherlands
KWD 412473
49.2%
14
Italy
KWD 411246
49.3%
15
Austria
KWD 408713
49.6%
16
Sweden
KWD 408607
49.6%
17
Germany
KWD 397403
51.0%
18
Ireland
KWD 393923
51.4%
19
France
KWD 347918
57.1%
20
Belgium
KWD 304894
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 303384
62.6%
22
Portugal
KWD 294776
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 443137
45.4%
1
Canada
KWD 384146
52.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 727992
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 674303
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 635366
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 549512
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 531512
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 528652
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 527784
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 505780
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 498101
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 494456
39.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 484567
40.3%
11
China
KWD 454880
43.9%
12
Japan
KWD 445291
45.1%
13
Australia
KWD 435835
46.3%
14
South Korea
KWD 432323
46.7%
15
India
KWD 160323
80.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 718216
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 588292
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 547995
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 543517
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 528760
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 527278
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 526186
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 502049
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 501066
38.2%
9
Peru
KWD 499279
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 494206
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 466948
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 590201
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 567995
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 553137
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 551816
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 536915
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 527958
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 498978
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 494277
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 492270
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 487071
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 449211
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 447256
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 807945
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 806782
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 800348
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 770640
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 770640
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 746304
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 608485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 608458
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 472510
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 413114
49.1%
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%.