Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
28,362 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 28,091 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
28,091 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 28,362 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.21 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 340,344 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 337,089 KWD per year, or 28,091 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 192171
43.5%
1
Canada
KWD 165337
51.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 301470
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 246922
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 231933
31.9%
3
Panama
KWD 229221
32.7%
4
Mexico
KWD 222704
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 221778
34.8%
6
Argentina
KWD 221221
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 215087
36.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 214838
36.9%
9
Chile
KWD 211693
37.8%
10
Peru
KWD 210879
38.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 198341
41.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 247653
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 238396
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 231860
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 231540
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 225443
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 221902
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 209401
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 207596
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 206937
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 204557
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 190240
44.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 188285
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 337089
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 335926
1.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 334201
1.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 323327
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 323327
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 313116
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 255343
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 255316
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 198279
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 177686
47.8%
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%.