Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,871 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 2,600 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
9.4%
90.6%
Net pay
9.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,600 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 2,871 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.4% tax rate now rises to 18.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 34,452 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 31,197 KWD per year, or 2,600 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.5% 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 24384
29.2%
1
Canada
KWD 22415
34.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 30731
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 26538
23.0%
2
Chile
KWD 26359
23.5%
3
Colombia
KWD 25287
26.6%
4
Uruguay
KWD 25281
26.6%
5
Brazil
KWD 25150
27.0%
6
Panama
KWD 25038
27.3%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 24441
29.1%
8
Ecuador
KWD 23838
30.8%
9
Mexico
KWD 23633
31.4%
10
Peru
KWD 23520
31.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 22392
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 25117
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 24272
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 23472
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 23142
32.8%
4
Ghana
KWD 23096
33.0%
5
Mozambique
KWD 23072
33.0%
6
South Africa
KWD 22000
36.1%
7
Morocco
KWD 21570
37.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 21354
38.0%
9
Zambia
KWD 21278
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 21022
39.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 20044
41.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 32729
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 32729
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 31696
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 31696
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 31197
9.5%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 31007
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 25924
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 25897
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 23265
32.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 20124
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%.