Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,367 KWD
Pension
- 189 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 11.84 KWD
Total tax
- 239 KWD
Net pay
* 2,128 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.1%
89.9%
Net pay
10.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,128 KWD
Net pay
284 KWD
Tax the employer pays
239 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
523 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 284 KWD to pay you 2,367 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.21 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.1% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 28,404 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,864 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 25,540 KWD per year, or 2,128 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.1% and your marginal tax rate is 8.5%. 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 8.50 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 91.50 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 915 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,575 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 20597
27.5%
1
Canada
KWD 19034
33.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 25378
10.7%
1
Chile
KWD 22408
21.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 22216
21.8%
3
Panama
KWD 21001
26.1%
4
Uruguay
KWD 20939
26.3%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 20851
26.6%
6
Colombia
KWD 20827
26.7%
7
Brazil
KWD 20765
26.9%
8
Ecuador
KWD 20290
28.6%
9
Peru
KWD 19816
30.2%
10
Mexico
KWD 19641
30.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 18460
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 20717
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 20038
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 19359
31.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 19141
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 19095
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 19015
33.1%
6
South Africa
KWD 18629
34.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 17905
37.0%
8
Cameroon
KWD 17672
37.8%
9
Zambia
KWD 17558
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 17393
38.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 16718
41.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 26984
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 26984
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 26132
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 26132
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 25564
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 25540
10.1%
6
Egypt
KWD 21388
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 21361
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 19806
30.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 16602
41.6%
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%.