Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14,716 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 14,445 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.8%
98.2%
Net pay
1.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14,445 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 14,716 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.41 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.8% tax rate now rises to 4.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 176,592 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 173,337 KWD per year, or 14,445 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.8% 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 104809
40.7%
1
Canada
KWD 89241
49.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 156536
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 128201
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 122015
30.9%
3
Panama
KWD 119916
32.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 116265
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 115912
34.4%
6
Uruguay
KWD 115631
34.5%
7
Colombia
KWD 114953
34.9%
8
Argentina
KWD 114783
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 113442
35.8%
10
Peru
KWD 110581
37.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 104926
40.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 128524
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 123770
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 120156
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 120128
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 117121
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 115463
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 108694
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 107896
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 107706
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 106306
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 100177
43.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 98221
44.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 173337
1.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 172174
2.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 172086
2.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 167762
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 167762
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 162465
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 132529
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 132502
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 102908
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 95810
45.8%
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%.