Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,308 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 11,037 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.4%
97.6%
Net pay
2.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11,037 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 11,308 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.53 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.4% tax rate now rises to 5.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 135,696 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 132,441 KWD per year, or 11,037 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.4% 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 82409
39.3%
1
Canada
KWD 70236
48.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 98772
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 95143
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 92339
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 92223
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 90069
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 88881
34.5%
6
Zambia
KWD 83543
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 82996
38.8%
8
Morocco
KWD 82923
38.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 81768
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 77684
42.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 75728
44.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 132441
2.4%
1
Bahrain
KWD 131599
3.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 131278
3.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 128911
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 128911
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 124840
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 101857
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 101830
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 79089
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 75362
44.5%
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%.