Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
302,904 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 302,633 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
302,633 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 302,904 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 3,634,848 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,631,593 KWD per year, or 302,633 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 1948142
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1696306
53.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3269276
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3017931
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2837811
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2458298
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2366883
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2364023
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2363155
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2258795
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2220526
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2188645
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2150491
40.8%
11
China
KWD 2007887
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 1967035
45.9%
13
Australia
KWD 1932368
46.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 1904254
47.6%
15
India
KWD 485241
86.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3217373
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2635437
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2443369
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2428302
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2364131
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2362649
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2351675
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 2228763
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 2224407
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2216037
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 2188395
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2077740
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2644405
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2544549
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2479782
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2472462
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2404758
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2363329
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2235521
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2213455
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2203367
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2181260
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2002218
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2000262
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3631593
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3630430
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3595760
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3453106
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 3453106
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 3344060
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2726221
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2726194
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2117031
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1824938
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%.