Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26,975 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 26,704 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,704 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 26,975 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.22 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 323,700 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 320,445 KWD per year, or 26,704 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% 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 183300
43.4%
1
Canada
KWD 157602
51.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 289242
10.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 269678
16.7%
2
Singapore
KWD 255116
21.2%
3
Indonesia
KWD 219962
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 214637
33.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 211777
34.6%
6
Vietnam
KWD 210909
34.8%
7
Philippines
KWD 203124
37.3%
8
Taiwan
KWD 201956
37.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 200726
38.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 196947
39.2%
11
China
KWD 186755
42.3%
12
Japan
KWD 182563
43.6%
13
South Korea
KWD 178196
45.0%
14
Australia
KWD 177460
45.2%
15
India
KWD 104227
67.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 286739
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 234855
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 220761
31.8%
3
Panama
KWD 218111
32.6%
4
Mexico
KWD 211885
34.5%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 211018
34.8%
6
Argentina
KWD 210403
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 204978
36.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 204686
36.8%
9
Chile
KWD 201706
37.7%
10
Peru
KWD 200685
38.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 188846
41.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 235545
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 226745
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 220503
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 220219
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 214433
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 211083
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 199165
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 197463
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 196851
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 194571
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 181086
44.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 179131
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 320445
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 319282
1.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 317723
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 307515
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 307515
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 297804
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 242860
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 242833
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 188585
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 169364
47.7%
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%.