Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,487 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,216 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
3,216 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 3,487 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.72 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.8% tax rate now rises to 15.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 41,844 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 38,589 KWD per year, or 3,216 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 28865
31.0%
1
Canada
KWD 26275
37.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 37274
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 31565
24.6%
2
Chile
KWD 31164
25.5%
3
Uruguay
KWD 30903
26.2%
4
Colombia
KWD 30679
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 30509
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 29972
28.4%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 28828
31.1%
8
Mexico
KWD 28511
31.9%
9
Ecuador
KWD 28057
33.0%
10
Peru
KWD 28048
33.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 27196
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 30495
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 29446
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 28500
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 28186
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 27986
33.1%
5
Mozambique
KWD 27877
33.4%
6
South Africa
KWD 26065
37.7%
7
Morocco
KWD 26050
37.8%
8
Cameroon
KWD 25855
38.2%
9
Zambia
KWD 25824
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 25457
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 24110
42.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 39752
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 39752
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 38686
7.6%
3
Kuwait
KWD 38589
7.8%
4
Oman
KWD 38496
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 37660
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 31468
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 31441
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 27492
34.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 24429
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%.