Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,680 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,409 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
5.8%
94.2%
Net pay
5.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,409 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 4,680 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.28 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.8% tax rate now rises to 12.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,160 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 52,905 KWD per year, or 4,409 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.8% 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 38222
31.9%
1
Canada
KWD 33174
40.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 48456
13.7%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 47620
15.2%
2
Singapore
KWD 46011
18.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 41343
26.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 40694
27.5%
5
China
KWD 39424
29.8%
6
Indonesia
KWD 39105
30.4%
7
Pakistan
KWD 37876
32.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 37527
33.2%
9
Malaysia
KWD 37154
33.8%
10
South Korea
KWD 37041
34.0%
11
Philippines
KWD 37024
34.1%
12
Vietnam
KWD 37008
34.1%
13
Japan
KWD 37008
34.1%
14
Australia
KWD 35664
36.5%
15
India
KWD 30087
46.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 49944
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 41175
26.7%
2
Brazil
KWD 40888
27.2%
3
Colombia
KWD 40813
27.3%
4
Uruguay
KWD 40729
27.5%
5
Chile
KWD 40459
28.0%
6
Panama
KWD 39528
29.6%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 38005
32.3%
8
Mexico
KWD 37918
32.5%
9
Peru
KWD 36817
34.4%
10
Argentina
KWD 36502
35.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 36224
35.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 40910
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 39467
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 38238
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 37954
32.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 37456
33.3%
5
Mozambique
KWD 37182
33.8%
6
Morocco
KWD 34725
38.2%
7
Zambia
KWD 34628
38.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 34571
38.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 34047
39.4%
10
South Africa
KWD 33939
39.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 31984
43.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 53352
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 53352
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 52905
5.8%
3
Bahrain
KWD 52859
5.9%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 51742
7.9%
5
Oman
KWD 51667
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 42205
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 42178
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 35311
37.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 32767
41.7%
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%.