Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,638 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 20,367 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.3%
98.7%
Net pay
1.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,367 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 20,638 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.29 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.3% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 247,656 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 244,401 KWD per year, or 20,367 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.3% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 142768
42.4%
1
Canada
KWD 122264
50.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 219434
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 179723
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 169717
31.5%
3
Panama
KWD 167351
32.4%
4
Mexico
KWD 162456
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 161855
34.7%
6
Argentina
KWD 160974
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 158792
35.9%
8
Colombia
KWD 158301
36.1%
9
Chile
KWD 156080
37.0%
10
Peru
KWD 154108
37.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 145466
41.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 180223
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 173515
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 168616
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 168494
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 164130
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 161655
34.7%
6
Zambia
KWD 152398
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 151163
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 150770
39.1%
9
Senegal
KWD 148944
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 139262
43.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 137306
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 244401
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 243238
1.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 242440
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 235273
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 235273
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 227844
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 185827
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 185800
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 144296
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 131342
47.0%
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%.