Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,088 KWD
Pension
- 87.04 KWD
Social Security
** - 27.20 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.44 KWD
Total tax
- 120 KWD
Net pay
* 968 KWD
Marginal tax rate
11.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
968 KWD
Net pay
131 KWD
Tax the employer pays
120 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
250 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 131 KWD to pay you 1,088 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.30 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 13,056 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,436 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,620 KWD per year, or 968 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 11.0%. 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 11 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 89 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 890 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,450 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 10390
20.4%
1
Canada
KWD 9396
28.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11794
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 11103
15.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11009
15.7%
3
Chile
KWD 10705
18.0%
4
Ecuador
KWD 10649
18.4%
5
Panama
KWD 10383
20.5%
6
Colombia
KWD 10168
22.1%
7
Peru
KWD 9819
24.8%
8
Mexico
KWD 9645
26.1%
9
Brazil
KWD 9638
26.2%
10
Uruguay
KWD 9044
30.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 8484
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 9559
26.8%
1
Angola
KWD 9551
26.8%
2
Kenya
KWD 9295
28.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 9165
29.8%
4
Ghana
KWD 8942
31.5%
5
Nigeria
KWD 8919
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 8739
33.1%
7
Morocco
KWD 8605
34.1%
8
Cameroon
KWD 8327
36.2%
9
Uganda
KWD 8276
36.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 8184
37.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 8119
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12403
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 12403
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12012
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 12012
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 11620
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 10412
20.3%
7
Egypt
KWD 9877
24.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 9850
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 7663
41.3%
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%.