Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,987 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 35,716 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
35,716 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 35,987 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 431,844 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 428,589 KWD per year, or 35,716 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 240941
44.2%
1
Canada
KWD 207857
51.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 386572
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 359438
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 339468
21.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 293067
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 284931
34.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 282071
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 281202
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 270263
37.4%
8
Taiwan
KWD 266842
38.2%
9
New Zealand
KWD 266694
38.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 260751
39.6%
11
China
KWD 246234
43.0%
12
Japan
KWD 240845
44.2%
13
Australia
KWD 234776
45.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 234570
45.7%
15
India
KWD 116671
73.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 382455
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 313259
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 293353
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 290297
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 282179
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 280933
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 280696
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 270661
37.3%
8
Colombia
KWD 270651
37.3%
9
Peru
KWD 266923
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 266593
38.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 250538
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 314220
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 302446
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 294292
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 293778
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 285971
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 281377
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 265674
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 263306
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 262385
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 259457
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 240565
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 238610
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 428589
0.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 427426
1.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 424786
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 410252
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 410252
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 397296
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 323968
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 323941
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 251569
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 223436
48.3%
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%.