Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
598,320 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 598,257 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
598,257 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 598,320 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 31,112,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 31,109,385 KWD per year, or 2,592,449 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 27067997
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 25356802
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 25045675
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 23956409
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 18200894
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 17907571
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 17423709
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 16946742
45.5%
8
Switzerland
KWD 16470986
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 16434339
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 16369586
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 16121768
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 16107625
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 15940352
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 15714700
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 15562184
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 15234771
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 15086026
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 14938615
52.0%
19
France
KWD 12862413
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 11631542
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 11460374
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 11203294
64.0%
23
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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%.