Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
689,333 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 686,078 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.5%
99.5%
Net pay
0.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
686,078 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 689,333 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.10 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 689,333 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 686,078 KWD per year, or 57,173 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.5% 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 599720
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 561806
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 554913
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 530462
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 403260
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 397589
42.3%
6
Greece
KWD 386658
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 373101
45.9%
8
Norway
KWD 366927
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 364748
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 363563
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 362495
47.4%
12
Denmark
KWD 357047
48.2%
13
Netherlands
KWD 350930
49.1%
14
Austria
KWD 349085
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 347662
49.6%
16
Italy
KWD 344743
50.0%
17
Germany
KWD 338328
50.9%
18
Ireland
KWD 335427
51.3%
19
France
KWD 297587
56.8%
20
Belgium
KWD 259340
62.4%
21
Finland
KWD 258513
62.5%
22
Portugal
KWD 250904
63.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 378182
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 327514
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 618312
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 573154
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 540309
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 467130
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 452299
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 449438
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 448570
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 430121
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 423762
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 421336
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 412667
40.1%
11
China
KWD 387853
43.7%
12
Japan
KWD 379613
44.9%
13
Australia
KWD 371246
46.1%
14
South Korea
KWD 368796
46.5%
15
India
KWD 146300
78.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 610354
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 499939
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 466192
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 462171
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 449546
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 448064
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 447399
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 427713
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 427049
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 424635
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 421086
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 397427
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 501543
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 482688
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 469984
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 468922
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 456300
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 448745
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 424029
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 420078
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 418420
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 413951
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 382184
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 380229
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 686078
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 684915
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 679700
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 654866
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 654866
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 634186
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 517084
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 517058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 401533
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 352180
48.9%
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%.