Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
44,735 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 44,464 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
44,464 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 44,735 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.13 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 1.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 536,820 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 533,565 KWD per year, or 44,464 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 296893
44.7%
1
Canada
KWD 256640
52.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 475367
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 389367
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 363818
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 360368
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 350413
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 348931
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 348800
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 334684
37.7%
8
Uruguay
KWD 334419
37.7%
9
Peru
KWD 331221
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 329578
38.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 310424
42.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 533565
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 532402
0.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 528712
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 509979
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 509979
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 493874
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 402700
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 402673
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 312708
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 275924
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%.