Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
30,385 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 30,114 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.9%
99.1%
Net pay
0.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
30,114 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 30,385 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.20 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.9% tax rate now rises to 2.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 364,620 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 361,365 KWD per year, or 30,114 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.9% 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 205110
43.8%
1
Canada
KWD 176618
51.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 326070
10.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 303642
16.7%
2
Singapore
KWD 287033
21.3%
3
Indonesia
KWD 247624
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 241235
33.8%
5
Pakistan
KWD 238375
34.6%
6
Vietnam
KWD 237507
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 228528
37.3%
8
Taiwan
KWD 226508
37.9%
9
New Zealand
KWD 225687
38.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 221089
39.4%
11
China
KWD 209261
42.6%
12
Japan
KWD 204616
43.9%
13
South Korea
KWD 199527
45.3%
14
Australia
KWD 199148
45.4%
15
India
KWD 108935
70.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 322956
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 264522
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 248229
31.9%
3
Panama
KWD 245425
32.7%
4
Mexico
KWD 238483
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 237472
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 237001
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 229831
37.0%
8
Colombia
KWD 229646
37.0%
9
Chile
KWD 226258
38.0%
10
Peru
KWD 225748
38.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 212189
41.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 265314
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 255389
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 248424
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 248053
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 241502
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 237681
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 224331
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 222377
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 221648
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 219123
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 203592
44.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 201637
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 361365
0.9%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 360202
1.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 358234
1.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 346389
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 346389
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 335450
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 273550
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 273523
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 212417
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 189824
47.9%
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%.