Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
112,996 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 112,725 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
112,725 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 112,996 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.05 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,355,952 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,352,697 KWD per year, or 112,725 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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 733490
45.9%
1
Canada
KWD 637294
53.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1200366
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 983237
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 913660
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 907139
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 882849
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 881367
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 878368
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 834335
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 832939
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 831927
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 821058
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 777710
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 986508
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 949322
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 924834
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 922357
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 897268
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 882047
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 834000
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 825949
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 822384
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 813922
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 748825
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 746869
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1352697
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1351534
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1339653
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1288154
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1288154
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1247476
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1017049
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1017022
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 789779
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 685490
49.5%
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%.