Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
102,625 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 102,354 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
102,354 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 102,625 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.06 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,231,500 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,228,245 KWD per year, or 102,354 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 667157
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 579461
53.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1090216
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 893010
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 830122
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 824067
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 801955
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 800473
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 797910
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 758422
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 756712
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 756340
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 746386
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 706714
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 895969
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 862205
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 839918
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 837704
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 814943
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 801153
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 757462
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 750177
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 746967
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 739251
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 680376
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 678421
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1228245
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1227082
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1216445
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1169925
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1169925
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1132980
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 923710
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 923683
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 717297
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 623264
49.4%
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%.