Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
224,900 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 224,629 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
224,629 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 224,900 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 2,698,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,695,545 KWD per year, or 224,629 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 1449228
46.3%
1
Canada
KWD 1261321
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2426832
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2241011
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2107694
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1825530
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 1758452
34.8%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1755592
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1754724
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1677665
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1649537
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1627016
39.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1598232
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1493060
44.7%
12
Japan
KWD 1462572
45.8%
13
Australia
KWD 1436263
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1416305
47.5%
15
India
KWD 377530
86.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2388895
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1956802
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1815047
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 1803490
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1755700
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 1754218
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1746520
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1655434
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1653440
38.7%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1647519
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 1626766
39.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1543757
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1963430
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1889315
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1841093
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1835762
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1785562
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1754898
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1659852
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1643542
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1636133
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1619631
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1487391
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1485436
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 2695545
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2694382
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2669072
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2563860
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2563860
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2482896
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2024185
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2024158
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1571867
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1356914
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%.