Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,799 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 43,528 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
43,528 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 43,799 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.14 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 1.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 525,588 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 522,333 KWD per year, or 43,528 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% 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 290906
44.7%
1
Canada
KWD 251421
52.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 470942
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 437246
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 412588
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 356438
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 345864
34.2%
5
Pakistan
KWD 343004
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 342136
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 328462
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 323878
38.4%
9
Taiwan
KWD 323089
38.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 316059
39.9%
11
China
KWD 297794
43.3%
12
Japan
KWD 291366
44.6%
13
Australia
KWD 284461
45.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 283438
46.1%
15
India
KWD 127458
75.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 382418
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 368067
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 358256
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 357543
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 347982
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 342310
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 323326
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 320382
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 319193
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 315704
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 292125
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 290169
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 522333
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 521170
0.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 517592
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 499309
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 499309
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 483541
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 394276
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 394249
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 306166
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 270308
48.6%
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%.