Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
254,908 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 254,637 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
254,637 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 254,908 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,058,896 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,055,641 KWD per year, or 254,637 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 1641159
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1428659
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2750919
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2539891
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2388568
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2068954
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 1992514
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 1989654
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 1988786
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1901224
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1869196
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1843074
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1810685
40.8%
11
China
KWD 1691113
44.7%
12
Japan
KWD 1656638
45.8%
13
Australia
KWD 1627114
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1604018
47.6%
15
India
KWD 418966
86.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2707609
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2217872
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2056761
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2043854
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 1989762
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 1988280
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1979322
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1875992
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1873090
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1866227
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 1842824
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1749180
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2225400
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2141383
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2086796
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2080699
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2023766
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1988961
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1881311
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1862787
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1854347
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1835688
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1685444
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1683488
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3055641
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3054478
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3025567
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2905951
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2905951
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2814184
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2294257
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2294230
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1781590
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1536962
49.8%
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%.