Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
257,820 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 257,549 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
257,549 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 257,820 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 3,093,840 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,090,585 KWD per year, or 257,549 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 2691641
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2521480
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2490541
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2381933
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1809896
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1781491
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 1733181
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1656883
46.5%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1645398
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1634809
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1631697
47.3%
11
Spain
KWD 1608030
48.0%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1607896
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 1588674
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1565206
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 1550142
49.9%
16
Austria
KWD 1525576
50.7%
17
Germany
KWD 1503913
51.4%
18
Ireland
KWD 1489591
51.9%
19
France
KWD 1290649
58.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 1158143
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1143852
63.0%
22
Portugal
KWD 1116526
63.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1659784
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1444898
53.3%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3090585
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3089422
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3060162
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2939148
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2939148
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2846333
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2320465
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2320438
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1801942
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1554434
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%.