Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,484 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 11,213 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
11,213 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 11,484 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.52 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.4% tax rate now rises to 5.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,808 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 134,553 KWD per year, or 11,213 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 83577
39.4%
1
Canada
KWD 71218
48.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 122209
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 100083
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 95981
30.4%
3
Panama
KWD 94028
31.8%
4
Uruguay
KWD 92075
33.2%
5
Colombia
KWD 91296
33.8%
6
Mexico
KWD 91055
33.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 90838
34.1%
8
Chile
KWD 90171
34.6%
9
Argentina
KWD 89573
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 86826
37.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 82801
39.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 100308
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 96621
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 93775
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 93664
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 91466
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 90253
34.5%
6
Zambia
KWD 84841
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 84282
38.8%
8
Morocco
KWD 84203
38.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 83036
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 78846
42.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 76890
44.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 134553
2.4%
1
Bahrain
KWD 133690
3.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 133390
3.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 130918
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 130918
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 126783
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 103441
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 103414
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 80320
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 76418
44.6%
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%.