Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
227,674 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 227,403 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
227,403 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 227,674 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 2,732,088 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,728,833 KWD per year, or 227,403 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 1466971
46.3%
1
Canada
KWD 1276790
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2456792
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2268641
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2133658
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1848032
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 1780089
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1777229
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1776361
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1698331
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1669843
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1646989
39.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1617872
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1511369
44.7%
12
Japan
KWD 1480512
45.8%
13
Australia
KWD 1453906
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1433657
47.5%
15
India
KWD 381360
86.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2418357
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1980936
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1837392
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 1825710
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1777337
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 1775855
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1768040
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1675822
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1673745
38.7%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1667737
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 1646739
39.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1562747
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1987647
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1912617
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1863806
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1858404
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1807582
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1776535
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1680324
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1663810
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1656306
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1639604
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1505700
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1503744
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 2728833
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2727670
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2702027
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2595484
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2595484
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2513521
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2049151
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2049124
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1591254
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1373558
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%.