Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,615 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,344 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.5%
92.5%
Net pay
7.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,344 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 3,615 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.66 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.5% tax rate now rises to 15.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 43,380 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 40,125 KWD per year, or 3,344 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.5% 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 29801
31.3%
1
Canada
KWD 27074
37.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 38633
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 32596
24.9%
2
Chile
KWD 32162
25.9%
3
Uruguay
KWD 31908
26.4%
4
Colombia
KWD 31797
26.7%
5
Brazil
KWD 31623
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 30997
28.5%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 29746
31.4%
8
Mexico
KWD 29525
31.9%
9
Peru
KWD 28989
33.2%
10
Ecuador
KWD 28933
33.3%
11
Argentina
KWD 28195
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 31612
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 30521
29.6%
2
Nigeria
KWD 29545
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 29234
32.6%
4
Ghana
KWD 29002
33.1%
5
Mozambique
KWD 28875
33.4%
6
Morocco
KWD 26981
37.8%
7
South Africa
KWD 26910
38.0%
8
Cameroon
KWD 26790
38.2%
9
Zambia
KWD 26768
38.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 26379
39.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 24955
42.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 41211
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 41211
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 40206
7.3%
3
Kuwait
KWD 40125
7.5%
4
Oman
KWD 39910
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 39042
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 32620
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 32593
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 28331
34.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 25324
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%.