Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
185,784 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 185,513 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
185,513 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 185,784 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 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,229,408 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,226,153 KWD per year, or 185,513 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 1199042
46.2%
1
Canada
KWD 1043193
53.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2004380
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1851416
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 1741568
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1508221
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 1453347
34.8%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1450487
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1449619
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1386251
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1363208
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1345381
39.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1321296
40.7%
11
China
KWD 1234895
44.6%
12
Japan
KWD 1209603
45.7%
13
Australia
KWD 1187485
46.7%
14
South Korea
KWD 1171617
47.5%
15
India
KWD 323517
85.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1973445
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1616493
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1499968
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1490171
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1450595
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1449113
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1443058
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1367931
38.6%
8
Colombia
KWD 1367122
38.7%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1362429
38.9%
10
Chile
KWD 1345131
39.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1275986
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1621947
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1560741
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1520815
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1516481
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1475059
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1449793
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1371175
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1357753
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1351687
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1337996
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1229226
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1227270
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 2226153
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2224990
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2204374
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2117938
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2117938
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2051055
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1672141
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1672114
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1298488
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1122218
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%.