Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,096 KWD
Pension
- 87.68 KWD
Social Security
** - 27.40 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.48 KWD
Total tax
- 121 KWD
Net pay
* 975 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
975 KWD
Net pay
132 KWD
Tax the employer pays
121 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
252 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 132 KWD to pay you 1,096 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 13,152 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,447 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,705 KWD per year, or 975 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 10461
20.5%
1
Canada
KWD 9457
28.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11879
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 11178
15.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11082
15.7%
3
Chile
KWD 10788
18.0%
4
Ecuador
KWD 10719
18.5%
5
Panama
KWD 10456
20.5%
6
Colombia
KWD 10235
22.2%
7
Peru
KWD 9889
24.8%
8
Mexico
KWD 9710
26.2%
9
Brazil
KWD 9707
26.2%
10
Uruguay
KWD 9103
30.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 8547
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9621
26.9%
1
South Africa
KWD 9617
26.9%
2
Kenya
KWD 9362
28.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 9227
29.8%
4
Ghana
KWD 9006
31.5%
5
Nigeria
KWD 8984
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 8798
33.1%
7
Morocco
KWD 8663
34.1%
8
Cameroon
KWD 8386
36.2%
9
Uganda
KWD 8329
36.7%
10
Senegal
KWD 8242
37.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 8178
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12494
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 12494
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12100
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 12100
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11837
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 11705
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 10480
20.3%
7
Egypt
KWD 9949
24.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 9922
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 7719
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%.