Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,200 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 36,929 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.7%
99.3%
Net pay
0.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
36,929 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 37,200 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.16 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 446,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 443,145 KWD per year, or 36,929 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.7% 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.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 395338
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 323812
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 303123
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 300013
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 291640
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 290343
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 290158
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 279530
37.4%
8
Uruguay
KWD 279501
37.4%
9
Peru
KWD 275839
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 275326
38.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 258842
42.0%
12
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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%.