Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,631,947 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 1,628,692 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,628,692 KWD
Net pay
3,960 KWD
Tax the employer pays
3,255 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,215 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,960 KWD to pay you 1,631,947 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.04 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,631,947 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,628,692 KWD per year, or 135,724 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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 1419794
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1330037
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1313717
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1256275
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 954689
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 940106
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 914521
44.0%
7
Switzerland
KWD 871867
46.6%
8
Norway
KWD 862742
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 862637
47.1%
10
Italy
KWD 859128
47.4%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 851366
47.8%
12
Spain
KWD 850769
47.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 839869
48.5%
14
Netherlands
KWD 826950
49.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 819058
49.8%
16
Austria
KWD 810293
50.4%
17
Germany
KWD 795260
51.3%
18
Ireland
KWD 787882
51.7%
19
France
KWD 686887
57.9%
20
Belgium
KWD 611689
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 605583
62.9%
22
Portugal
KWD 590245
63.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 880595
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 765550
53.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1444644
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1183334
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1098922
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1091366
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1062246
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1060763
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1056799
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 1002685
38.6%
8
Peru
KWD 1001986
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 999555
38.8%
10
Chile
KWD 986655
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 935155
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1187295
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1142518
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1113153
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1110088
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1079839
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1061444
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1003737
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 993989
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 989633
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 979519
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 900622
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 898666
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1628692
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1627529
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1612888
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1550350
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1550350
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1501391
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1224045
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1224018
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 950521
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 823487
49.5%
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%.