Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,498 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 35,227 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
35,227 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 35,498 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.17 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.8% tax rate now rises to 1.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 425,976 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 422,721 KWD per year, or 35,227 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 237813
44.2%
1
Canada
KWD 205131
51.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 381291
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 354568
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 334891
21.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 289101
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 281116
34.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 278256
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 277388
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 266620
37.4%
8
Taiwan
KWD 263322
38.2%
9
New Zealand
KWD 263114
38.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 257289
39.6%
11
China
KWD 243007
43.0%
12
Japan
KWD 237683
44.2%
13
Australia
KWD 231666
45.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 231511
45.7%
15
India
KWD 115996
72.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 377262
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 309005
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 289414
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 286380
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 278364
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 277139
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 276882
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 267072
37.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 267097
37.3%
9
Peru
KWD 263329
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 263072
38.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 247191
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 309951
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 298339
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 290289
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 289787
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 282089
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 277563
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 262065
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 259733
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 258829
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 255936
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 237338
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 235382
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 422721
0.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 421558
1.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 418976
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 404677
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 404677
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 391898
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 319567
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 319540
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 248151
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 220502
48.2%
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%.