Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,240 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 32,969 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.8%
99.2%
Net pay
0.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,969 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 33,240 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.18 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.8% tax rate now rises to 1.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 398,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 395,625 KWD per year, or 32,969 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.8% 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 223371
44.0%
1
Canada
KWD 192539
51.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 353279
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 289360
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 271226
32.0%
3
Panama
KWD 268293
32.7%
4
Mexico
KWD 260752
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 259621
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 259270
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 250640
37.2%
8
Colombia
KWD 250544
37.2%
9
Chile
KWD 246814
38.1%
10
Peru
KWD 246733
38.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 231734
41.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 290238
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 279371
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 271800
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 271356
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 264165
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 259950
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 245401
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 243236
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 242409
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 239679
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 222435
44.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 220480
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 395625
0.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 394462
1.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 392151
1.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 378936
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 378936
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 366970
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 299245
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 299218
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 232370
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 206954
48.1%
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%.