Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
344,781 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 344,510 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
344,510 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 344,781 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 4,137,372 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,134,117 KWD per year, or 344,510 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2215987
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1929831
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3721547
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3435026
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3229780
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 2798004
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2693524
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2690664
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2689796
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2570778
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2527066
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2490159
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2446975
40.9%
11
China
KWD 2284275
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 2237859
45.9%
13
Australia
KWD 2198706
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 2166213
47.6%
15
India
KWD 543067
86.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3662148
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2999767
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2780688
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2763737
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2690772
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2689290
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2676556
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 2536559
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 2530934
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2521250
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 2489910
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2364412
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3009991
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2896316
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2822667
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2814279
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2737177
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2689970
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2544573
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2519417
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2507891
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2482774
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2278606
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2276650
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 4134117
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4132954
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4093259
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3930503
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 3930503
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 3806382
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 3103114
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 3103087
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2409706
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2076200
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%.