Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,625 KWD
Pension
- 130 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 8.13 KWD
Total tax
- 176 KWD
Net pay
* 1,449 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.8%
89.2%
Net pay
10.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,449 KWD
Net pay
195 KWD
Tax the employer pays
176 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
371 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 195 KWD to pay you 1,625 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.28 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.8% tax rate now rises to 20.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,500 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,108 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,393 KWD per year, or 1,449 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.8% and your marginal tax rate is 8.5%. 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 8.50 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 91.50 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 915 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,575 KWD of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 14890
23.6%
1
Canada
KWD 13793
29.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 17497
10.3%
1
Chile
KWD 16065
17.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15841
18.8%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 15528
20.4%
4
Panama
KWD 15057
22.8%
5
Ecuador
KWD 14985
23.2%
6
Peru
KWD 14358
26.4%
7
Colombia
KWD 14325
26.5%
8
Brazil
KWD 14310
26.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 14214
27.1%
10
Mexico
KWD 13876
28.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 12673
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 18525
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 18525
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17940
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 17940
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 17550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 17393
10.8%
6
Egypt
KWD 14710
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 14683
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 14609
25.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 11416
41.5%
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%.