Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,340 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,069 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
5.1%
94.9%
Net pay
5.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,069 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 5,340 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.13 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.1% tax rate now rises to 10.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 64,080 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 60,825 KWD per year, or 5,069 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.1% 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 42887
33.1%
1
Canada
KWD 36936
42.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 56954
11.1%
1
Brazil
KWD 46630
27.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 46491
27.5%
3
Uruguay
KWD 46379
27.6%
4
Colombia
KWD 45843
28.5%
5
Chile
KWD 45553
28.9%
6
Panama
KWD 44814
30.1%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 43173
32.6%
8
Mexico
KWD 43095
32.8%
9
Peru
KWD 41668
35.0%
10
Argentina
KWD 41650
35.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 40742
36.4%
12
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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%.