Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
131,310 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 131,039 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
131,039 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 131,310 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 1,575,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,572,465 KWD per year, or 131,039 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 850626
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 739421
53.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1394878
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1142569
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1061179
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1053834
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1025698
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1024216
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1020448
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 968388
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 967547
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 965405
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 952918
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 903080
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1146389
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1103159
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1074788
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1071843
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1042645
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1024896
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 969157
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 959755
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 955560
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 945783
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 869697
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 867742
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1572465
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1571302
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1557223
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1496934
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1496934
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1449662
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1181875
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1181848
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 917774
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 795374
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%.