Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
176,779 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 176,508 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
176,508 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 176,779 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.03 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,121,348 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,118,093 KWD per year, or 176,508 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 1141446
46.2%
1
Canada
KWD 992977
53.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1877803
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1538150
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1427432
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1418041
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1380356
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1378874
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1373197
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1301744
38.6%
8
Colombia
KWD 1301208
38.7%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1296798
38.9%
10
Chile
KWD 1280295
39.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1214341
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1543334
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1485099
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1447083
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1442979
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1403578
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1379554
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1304719
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1291961
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1286204
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1273160
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1169793
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1167837
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 2118093
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2116930
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2097395
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2015281
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2015281
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1951640
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1591096
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1591069
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1235553
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1068188
49.7%
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%.