Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,872 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,601 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.6%
95.4%
Net pay
4.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,601 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 5,872 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.6% tax rate now rises to 9.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 70,464 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 67,209 KWD per year, or 5,601 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.6% 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 46399
34.2%
1
Canada
KWD 39923
43.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 62605
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 51259
27.3%
2
Uruguay
KWD 50933
27.7%
3
Costa Rica
KWD 50776
27.9%
4
Colombia
KWD 49897
29.2%
5
Chile
KWD 49659
29.5%
6
Panama
KWD 49076
30.4%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 47300
32.9%
8
Mexico
KWD 47267
32.9%
9
Argentina
KWD 45799
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 45578
35.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 44384
37.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 51316
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 49480
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 47968
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 47714
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 46918
33.4%
5
Mozambique
KWD 46480
34.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 43425
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 43393
38.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 43280
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 42629
39.5%
10
South Africa
KWD 41806
40.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 39851
43.5%
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%.