Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
204,000 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 203,729 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
203,729 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 204,000 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 2,448,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,444,745 KWD per year, or 203,729 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 1315552
46.3%
1
Canada
KWD 1144773
53.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2166917
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1774972
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1646697
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1636081
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1592680
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1591198
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1584377
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1501819
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1500458
38.7%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1495193
38.9%
10
Chile
KWD 1476286
39.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1400685
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1780973
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1713755
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1669966
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1665168
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1619658
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1591878
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1505610
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1490843
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1484152
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1469151
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1349451
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1347496
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 2444745
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2443582
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2420780
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2325600
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2325600
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2252160
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1836085
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1836058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1425798
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1231514
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%.