Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
199,973 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 199,702 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
199,702 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 199,973 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 2,399,676 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,396,421 KWD per year, or 199,702 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 1289795
46.3%
1
Canada
KWD 1122317
53.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2157621
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1992739
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 1874377
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1623322
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 1564021
34.8%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1561161
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1560293
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1491959
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1467071
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1447542
39.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1421752
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1328542
44.6%
12
Japan
KWD 1301365
45.8%
13
Australia
KWD 1277727
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1260375
47.5%
15
India
KWD 343110
85.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2124146
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1739937
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1614260
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1603825
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1561269
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1559787
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1553136
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1472220
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1470981
38.7%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1465843
38.9%
10
Chile
KWD 1447292
39.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1373118
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1745817
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1679929
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1636993
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1632298
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1587692
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1560468
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1475890
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1461421
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1454868
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1440156
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1322873
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1320917
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 2396421
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2395258
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2372939
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2279692
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2279692
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2207702
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1799842
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1799815
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1397654
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1207352
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%.