Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,385 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 79,322 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
79,322 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 79,385 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 4,128,020 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,124,765 KWD per year, or 343,730 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 3591377
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 3364336
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 3323056
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 3178251
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 2414892
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 2376708
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 2312322
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 2221235
46.2%
8
Switzerland
KWD 2192614
46.9%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 2181062
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 2175676
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 2143735
48.1%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 2143084
48.1%
13
Denmark
KWD 2118398
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 2087467
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 2067330
49.9%
16
Austria
KWD 2031585
50.8%
17
Germany
KWD 2005231
51.4%
18
Ireland
KWD 1985997
51.9%
19
France
KWD 1717765
58.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 1544718
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1524637
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 1488831
63.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2211002
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1925485
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3713130
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3427264
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3222485
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2791682
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2687445
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2684585
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2683717
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2564972
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2521361
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2484548
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2441458
40.9%
11
China
KWD 2279131
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 2232819
45.9%
13
Australia
KWD 2193750
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 2161338
47.6%
15
India
KWD 541991
86.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3653870
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2992987
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2774411
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2757494
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2684693
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2683211
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2670510
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 2530831
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 2525230
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2515570
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 2484298
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2359077
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3003188
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2889769
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2816286
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2807917
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2730991
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2683891
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2538822
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2513723
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2502224
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2477163
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2273462
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2271507
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 4124765
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4123602
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4084000
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3921619
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 3921619
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 3797778
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 3096100
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 3096073
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2404259
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2071524
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%.