Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,891 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,620 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
5.5%
94.5%
Net pay
5.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,620 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 4,891 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.23 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
11.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.5% tax rate now rises to 11.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 58,692 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 55,437 KWD per year, or 4,620 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.6% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 39790
32.2%
1
Canada
KWD 34376
41.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 52185
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 42874
27.0%
2
Brazil
KWD 42724
27.2%
3
Uruguay
KWD 42535
27.5%
4
Colombia
KWD 42421
27.7%
5
Chile
KWD 42088
28.3%
6
Panama
KWD 41218
29.8%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 39665
32.4%
8
Mexico
KWD 39573
32.6%
9
Peru
KWD 38367
34.6%
10
Argentina
KWD 38148
35.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 37668
35.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 42752
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 41240
29.7%
2
Nigeria
KWD 39960
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 39682
32.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 39131
33.3%
5
Mozambique
KWD 38828
33.8%
6
Morocco
KWD 36260
38.2%
7
Zambia
KWD 36185
38.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 36113
38.5%
9
Senegal
KWD 35566
39.4%
10
South Africa
KWD 35332
39.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 33376
43.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 55757
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 55757
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 55437
5.6%
3
Bahrain
KWD 55365
5.7%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 54274
7.5%
5
Oman
KWD 53997
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 44104
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 44077
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 36694
37.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 34242
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%.