Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,800 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 37,529 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
37,529 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 37,800 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 453,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 450,345 KWD per year, or 37,529 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 252537
44.3%
1
Canada
KWD 217967
52.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 406152
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 377495
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 356438
21.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 307774
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 299072
34.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 296212
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 295344
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 283770
37.4%
8
New Zealand
KWD 279965
38.3%
9
Taiwan
KWD 279896
38.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 273587
39.7%
11
China
KWD 258200
43.1%
12
Japan
KWD 252570
44.3%
13
Australia
KWD 246307
45.7%
14
South Korea
KWD 245911
45.8%
15
India
KWD 119174
73.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 401711
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 329032
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 307956
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 304819
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 296320
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 294998
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 294838
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 283922
37.4%
8
Uruguay
KWD 283874
37.4%
9
Peru
KWD 280249
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 279646
38.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 262949
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 330047
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 317675
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 309137
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 308577
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 300362
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 295518
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 279054
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 276552
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 275569
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 272511
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 252531
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 250576
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 450345
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 449182
1.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 446324
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 430920
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 430920
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 417312
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 340285
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 340258
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 264240
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 234314
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%.