Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
30,696 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 30,425 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
30,425 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 30,696 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
1.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.9% tax rate now rises to 1.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 368,352 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 365,097 KWD per year, or 30,425 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 207099
43.8%
1
Canada
KWD 178352
51.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 329429
10.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 306740
16.7%
2
Singapore
KWD 289944
21.3%
3
Indonesia
KWD 250147
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 243661
33.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 240801
34.6%
6
Vietnam
KWD 239932
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 230845
37.3%
8
Taiwan
KWD 228747
37.9%
9
New Zealand
KWD 227964
38.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 223291
39.4%
11
China
KWD 211314
42.6%
12
Japan
KWD 206627
43.9%
13
South Korea
KWD 201473
45.3%
14
Australia
KWD 201126
45.4%
15
India
KWD 109365
70.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 326260
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 267227
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 250734
31.9%
3
Panama
KWD 247916
32.7%
4
Mexico
KWD 240909
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 239885
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 239427
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 232098
37.0%
8
Colombia
KWD 231922
37.0%
9
Chile
KWD 228498
38.0%
10
Peru
KWD 228034
38.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 214318
41.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 365097
0.9%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 363934
1.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 361929
1.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 349934
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 349934
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 338884
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 276349
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 276322
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 214591
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 191690
48.0%
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%.