Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
57,633 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 57,362 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.5%
99.5%
Net pay
0.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
57,362 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 57,633 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.10 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 691,596 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 688,341 KWD per year, or 57,362 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.5% 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 379388
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 328565
52.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 503189
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 484273
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 471528
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 470462
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 457797
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 450216
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 425421
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 421456
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 419792
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 415308
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 383429
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 381473
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 688341
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 687178
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 681940
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 657016
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 657016
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 636268
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 518782
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 518755
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 402851
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 353312
48.9%
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%.