Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,460 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,189 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.8%
92.2%
Net pay
7.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,189 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 3,460 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 7.8% tax rate now rises to 15.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 41,520 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 38,265 KWD per year, or 3,189 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.8% 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 28669
31.0%
1
Canada
KWD 26106
37.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 36987
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 31348
24.5%
2
Chile
KWD 30953
25.5%
3
Uruguay
KWD 30691
26.1%
4
Colombia
KWD 30443
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 30274
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 29756
28.3%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 28636
31.0%
8
Mexico
KWD 28298
31.9%
9
Ecuador
KWD 27872
32.9%
10
Peru
KWD 27850
32.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 26986
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 30259
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 29219
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 28280
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 27965
32.7%
4
Ghana
KWD 27771
33.1%
5
Mozambique
KWD 27666
33.4%
6
South Africa
KWD 25887
37.7%
7
Morocco
KWD 25854
37.7%
8
Cameroon
KWD 25657
38.2%
9
Zambia
KWD 25624
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 25263
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 23932
42.4%
12
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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%.