Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,728 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,457 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
5.7%
94.3%
Net pay
5.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,457 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 4,728 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.27 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
11.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.7% tax rate now rises to 11.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,736 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 53,481 KWD per year, or 4,457 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.7% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 38580
32.0%
1
Canada
KWD 33447
41.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 50454
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 41561
26.8%
2
Brazil
KWD 41306
27.2%
3
Colombia
KWD 41179
27.4%
4
Uruguay
KWD 41139
27.5%
5
Chile
KWD 40829
28.0%
6
Panama
KWD 39912
29.7%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 38383
32.4%
8
Mexico
KWD 38294
32.5%
9
Peru
KWD 37169
34.5%
10
Argentina
KWD 36876
35.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 36552
35.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 41329
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 39871
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 38630
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 38347
32.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 37837
33.3%
5
Mozambique
KWD 37557
33.8%
6
Morocco
KWD 35074
38.2%
7
Zambia
KWD 34982
38.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 34922
38.5%
9
Senegal
KWD 34392
39.4%
10
South Africa
KWD 34256
39.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 32300
43.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 53899
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 53899
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 53481
5.7%
3
Bahrain
KWD 53429
5.8%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 52318
7.8%
5
Oman
KWD 52197
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 42637
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 42610
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 35626
37.2%
9
Turkey
KWD 33102
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%.