Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
373,896 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 373,625 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
373,625 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 373,896 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 4,486,752 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,483,497 KWD per year, or 373,625 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4035989
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3725012
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3502296
21.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 3034185
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 2920621
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2917761
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 2916893
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2787685
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2740188
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2699787
39.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2653106
40.9%
11
China
KWD 2476434
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 2426150
45.9%
13
Australia
KWD 2383878
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 2348340
47.7%
15
India
KWD 583270
87.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3971377
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3253067
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3015210
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2996948
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2917869
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2916387
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2902431
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 2750554
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 2744048
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2733449
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 2699538
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2563721
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3264165
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3140882
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3061058
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3051927
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2968292
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2917067
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2759442
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2732137
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2719611
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2692402
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2470765
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2468809
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 4483497
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4482334
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4439145
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4262414
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 4262414
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 4127812
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 3365149
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 3365122
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2613188
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2250890
49.8%
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%.