Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,652 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 77,397 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.0%
96.0%
Net pay
4.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
77,397 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 80,652 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.89 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4% tax rate now rises to 8.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 80,652 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 77,397 KWD per year, or 6,450 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.0% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 70167
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 65731
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 64925
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 61778
23.4%
4
Switzerland
KWD 53750
33.4%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 48571
39.8%
6
Poland
KWD 47266
41.4%
7
Romania
KWD 47181
41.5%
8
Spain
KWD 46819
42.0%
9
Norway
KWD 46760
42.0%
10
Austria
KWD 46558
42.3%
11
Greece
KWD 45796
43.2%
12
Denmark
KWD 45271
43.9%
13
France
KWD 45007
44.2%
14
Netherlands
KWD 43546
46.0%
15
Ireland
KWD 43260
46.4%
16
Sweden
KWD 43264
46.4%
17
Luxembourg
KWD 43243
46.4%
18
Germany
KWD 42729
47.0%
19
Italy
KWD 38830
51.9%
20
Finland
KWD 34396
57.4%
21
Portugal
KWD 32645
59.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 31816
60.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 52003
35.5%
1
Canada
KWD 44657
44.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 70499
12.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 67949
15.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 65493
18.8%
3
Thailand
KWD 56656
29.8%
4
Taiwan
KWD 56127
30.4%
5
Indonesia
KWD 55661
31.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 53796
33.3%
7
China
KWD 53079
34.2%
8
Vietnam
KWD 52927
34.4%
9
New Zealand
KWD 52467
35.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 52347
35.1%
11
Philippines
KWD 52231
35.2%
12
Japan
KWD 51454
36.2%
13
South Korea
KWD 50649
37.2%
14
Australia
KWD 48645
39.7%
15
India
KWD 40407
49.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 71622
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 58645
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 57615
28.6%
3
Uruguay
KWD 57361
28.9%
4
Colombia
KWD 56294
30.2%
5
Chile
KWD 55878
30.7%
6
Panama
KWD 55876
30.7%
7
Mexico
KWD 53904
33.2%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 53887
33.2%
9
Argentina
KWD 52422
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 51818
35.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 50196
37.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 58727
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 56612
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 54898
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 54665
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 53657
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 53102
34.2%
6
Zambia
KWD 49691
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 49567
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 49483
38.7%
9
Senegal
KWD 48742
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 47410
41.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 45454
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 77397
4.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 77106
4.4%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 76619
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 76619
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 76234
5.5%
5
Oman
KWD 74200
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 60574
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 60547
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 47840
40.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 47031
41.7%
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%.