Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,449 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,178 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.9%
92.1%
Net pay
7.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,178 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 3,449 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.74 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.9% tax rate now rises to 15.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 41,388 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 38,133 KWD per year, or 3,178 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.9% 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 28589
30.9%
1
Canada
KWD 26037
37.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 36870
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 31259
24.5%
2
Chile
KWD 30867
25.4%
3
Uruguay
KWD 30604
26.1%
4
Colombia
KWD 30347
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 30179
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 29668
28.3%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 28557
31.0%
8
Mexico
KWD 28210
31.8%
9
Ecuador
KWD 27797
32.8%
10
Peru
KWD 27769
32.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 26900
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 30163
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 29127
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 28190
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 27875
32.7%
4
Ghana
KWD 27684
33.1%
5
Mozambique
KWD 27580
33.4%
6
South Africa
KWD 25815
37.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 25774
37.7%
8
Cameroon
KWD 25577
38.2%
9
Zambia
KWD 25543
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 25184
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 23859
42.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 39319
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 39319
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 38234
7.6%
3
Kuwait
KWD 38133
7.9%
4
Oman
KWD 38077
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 37249
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 31126
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 31099
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 27233
34.2%
9
Turkey
KWD 24164
41.6%
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%.