Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,536 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 35,265 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
35,265 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 35,536 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 426,432 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 423,177 KWD per year, or 35,265 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 238056
44.2%
1
Canada
KWD 205342
51.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 377665
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 309335
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 289720
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 286684
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 278661
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 277434
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 277179
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 267374
37.3%
8
Colombia
KWD 267350
37.3%
9
Peru
KWD 263608
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 263346
38.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 247451
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 310282
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 298658
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 290600
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 290097
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 282391
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 277859
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 262345
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 260011
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 259106
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 256210
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 237589
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 235633
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 423177
0.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 422014
1.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 419428
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 405110
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 405110
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 392317
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 319909
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 319882
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 248417
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 220730
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%.