Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,769 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 37,498 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
37,498 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 37,769 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 453,228 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 449,973 KWD per year, or 37,498 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 252338
44.3%
1
Canada
KWD 217795
52.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 401382
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 328763
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 307707
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 304571
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 296078
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 294757
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 294596
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 283695
37.4%
8
Uruguay
KWD 283648
37.4%
9
Peru
KWD 280021
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 279423
38.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 262737
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 329777
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 317415
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 308883
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 308324
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 300116
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 295276
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 278825
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 276326
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 275344
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 272288
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 252327
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 250371
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 449973
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 448810
1.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 445956
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 430567
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 430567
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 416970
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 340006
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 339979
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 264023
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 234128
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%.