Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,856 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,585 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
7.0%
93.0%
Net pay
7.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,585 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 3,856 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.56 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7% tax rate now rises to 14.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 46,272 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 43,017 KWD per year, or 3,585 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.0% 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 31613
31.7%
1
Canada
KWD 28477
38.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 39557
14.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 39413
14.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 38042
17.8%
3
Taiwan
KWD 35276
23.8%
4
Thailand
KWD 34196
26.1%
5
China
KWD 33789
27.0%
6
Indonesia
KWD 32421
29.9%
7
New Zealand
KWD 31495
31.9%
8
South Korea
KWD 31481
32.0%
9
Pakistan
KWD 31449
32.0%
10
Japan
KWD 31095
32.8%
11
Malaysia
KWD 30924
33.2%
12
Philippines
KWD 30876
33.3%
13
Vietnam
KWD 30580
33.9%
14
Australia
KWD 30423
34.3%
15
India
KWD 24934
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 41193
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 34538
25.4%
2
Chile
KWD 34042
26.4%
3
Colombia
KWD 33903
26.7%
4
Uruguay
KWD 33802
27.0%
5
Brazil
KWD 33719
27.1%
6
Panama
KWD 32928
28.8%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 31524
31.9%
8
Mexico
KWD 31434
32.1%
9
Peru
KWD 30760
33.5%
10
Ecuador
KWD 30583
33.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 30075
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 43958
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 43958
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 43070
6.9%
3
Kuwait
KWD 43017
7.0%
4
Oman
KWD 42570
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 41854
9.6%
6
Egypt
KWD 34789
24.8%
7
Lebanon
KWD 34762
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 29911
35.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 27008
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%.