Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,410 KWD
Pension
- 113 KWD
Social Security
** - 35.25 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.05 KWD
Total tax
- 155 KWD
Net pay
* 1,255 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
1,255 KWD
Net pay
169 KWD
Tax the employer pays
155 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
324 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 169 KWD to pay you 1,410 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 16,920 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,861 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,059 KWD per year, or 1,255 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 13239
21.8%
1
Canada
KWD 12019
29.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15214
10.1%
1
Chile
KWD 14040
17.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 13948
17.6%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 13791
18.5%
4
Panama
KWD 13304
21.4%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13170
22.2%
6
Colombia
KWD 12670
25.1%
7
Peru
KWD 12575
25.7%
8
Brazil
KWD 12439
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12197
27.9%
10
Uruguay
KWD 11391
32.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 10996
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12362
26.9%
1
Kenya
KWD 11999
29.1%
2
South Africa
KWD 11856
29.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 11676
31.0%
4
Nigeria
KWD 11547
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 11498
32.0%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 11179
33.9%
7
Morocco
KWD 10946
35.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 10680
36.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 10503
37.9%
10
Zambia
KWD 10495
38.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 10402
38.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16074
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16074
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 15566
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 15566
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15228
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15059
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13043
22.9%
7
Egypt
KWD 12775
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 12748
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 9913
41.4%
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%.