Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,412 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,141 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
5.0%
95.0%
Net pay
5.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,141 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 5,412 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.11 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5% tax rate now rises to 10.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 64,944 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 61,689 KWD per year, or 5,141 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.0% 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 43362
33.2%
1
Canada
KWD 37346
42.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 56362
13.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 54911
15.5%
2
Singapore
KWD 53091
18.3%
3
Taiwan
KWD 46702
28.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 46446
28.5%
5
Indonesia
KWD 45043
30.6%
6
China
KWD 44430
31.6%
7
Pakistan
KWD 43586
32.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 42885
34.0%
9
Vietnam
KWD 42717
34.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 42687
34.3%
11
Philippines
KWD 42479
34.6%
12
Japan
KWD 42189
35.0%
13
South Korea
KWD 41956
35.4%
14
Australia
KWD 40319
37.9%
15
India
KWD 33905
47.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 57719
11.1%
1
Brazil
KWD 47257
27.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 47071
27.5%
3
Uruguay
KWD 46995
27.6%
4
Colombia
KWD 46391
28.6%
5
Chile
KWD 46109
29.0%
6
Panama
KWD 45391
30.1%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 43732
32.7%
8
Mexico
KWD 43659
32.8%
9
Argentina
KWD 42211
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 42197
35.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 41235
36.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 47300
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 45616
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 44213
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 43947
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 43266
33.4%
5
Mozambique
KWD 42892
34.0%
6
Morocco
KWD 40048
38.3%
7
Zambia
KWD 40030
38.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 39919
38.5%
9
Senegal
KWD 39317
39.5%
10
South Africa
KWD 38770
40.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 36815
43.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 61697
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 61697
5.0%
2
Kuwait
KWD 61689
5.0%
3
Bahrain
KWD 61555
5.2%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 60526
6.8%
5
Oman
KWD 59748
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 48793
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 48766
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 39986
38.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 37883
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%.