Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,635 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 9,572 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9,572 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 9,635 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.14 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 1.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 501,020 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 497,765 KWD per year, or 41,480 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.7% 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 435887
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 408331
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 403321
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 385461
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 293097
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 289206
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 281202
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 273459
45.4%
8
Norway
KWD 267874
46.5%
9
United Kingdom
KWD 266111
46.9%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 265281
47.1%
11
Spain
KWD 264949
47.1%
12
Denmark
KWD 260590
48.0%
13
Austria
KWD 256947
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 255832
48.9%
15
Sweden
KWD 253488
49.4%
16
Germany
KWD 247043
50.7%
17
Ireland
KWD 245037
51.1%
18
Italy
KWD 241981
51.7%
19
France
KWD 219814
56.1%
20
Finland
KWD 189176
62.2%
21
Belgium
KWD 188949
62.3%
22
Portugal
KWD 183111
63.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 277811
44.6%
1
Canada
KWD 240004
52.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 448830
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 416854
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 393425
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 339830
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 329895
34.2%
5
Pakistan
KWD 327035
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 326167
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 313210
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 308891
38.4%
9
Taiwan
KWD 308348
38.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 301564
39.8%
11
China
KWD 284281
43.3%
12
Japan
KWD 278126
44.5%
13
Australia
KWD 271440
45.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 270631
46.0%
15
India
KWD 124631
75.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 443682
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 363412
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 339787
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 336472
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 327143
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 325661
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 325655
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 312847
37.6%
8
Uruguay
KWD 312675
37.6%
9
Peru
KWD 309293
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 308098
38.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 290001
42.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 364545
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 350869
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 341493
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 340832
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 331731
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 326341
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 308217
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 305424
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 304305
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 300963
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 278612
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 276657
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 497765
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 496602
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 493270
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 475969
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 475969
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 460938
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 375850
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 375823
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 291858
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 258024
48.5%
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%.