Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
150,157 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 149,886 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
149,886 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 150,157 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.04 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,801,884 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,798,629 KWD per year, or 149,886 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 971172
46.1%
1
Canada
KWD 844520
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1619608
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1496571
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1408099
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1219214
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 1175457
34.8%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1172597
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1171728
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1120829
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1102418
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1088866
39.6%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1069061
40.7%
11
China
KWD 999756
44.5%
12
Japan
KWD 979198
45.7%
13
Australia
KWD 960898
46.7%
14
South Korea
KWD 948754
47.4%
15
India
KWD 274322
84.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1595052
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1306538
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1212992
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1204799
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1172705
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1171222
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1166663
35.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 1106343
38.6%
8
Peru
KWD 1106073
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1102768
38.8%
10
Chile
KWD 1088617
39.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1032098
42.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1798629
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1797466
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1781125
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1711790
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1711790
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1657733
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1351498
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1351471
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1049494
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 908456
49.6%
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%.