Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
358,540 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 358,404 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
358,404 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 358,540 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,604,960 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,601,705 KWD per year, or 716,809 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 7486315
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 7013042
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 6926993
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 6625495
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 5033902
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 4953388
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 4819409
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 4664301
45.8%
8
Switzerland
KWD 4561497
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 4545782
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 4530546
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 4462790
48.1%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 4459900
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 4411558
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 4348322
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 4306222
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 4222088
50.9%
17
Germany
KWD 4175428
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 4134928
52.0%
19
France
KWD 3566741
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 3218194
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 3173046
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 3100529
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 4597211
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4005937
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7742376
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7143124
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6714498
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5818094
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5597456
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5594596
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5593728
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5344406
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5252295
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5170712
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5082808
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4741448
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4645569
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4566528
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4495108
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1057153
87.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7616325
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6238768
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5779557
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5745852
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5594704
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5593222
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5564852
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5272957
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5256056
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5234684
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5170462
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4913015
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6260162
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6023627
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5871014
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5853132
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5692487
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5593902
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5292140
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5239508
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5215195
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5163327
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4735779
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4733824
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8601705
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8600542
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8516171
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8174712
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8174712
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 7916563
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6453805
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6453778
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5011674
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4309994
49.9%
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%.