Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,291 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,020 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.3%
95.7%
Net pay
4.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,020 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 6,291 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.96 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.3% tax rate now rises to 9.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 75,492 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 72,237 KWD per year, or 6,020 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.3% 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 49165
34.9%
1
Canada
KWD 42259
44.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 67055
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 54904
27.3%
2
Uruguay
KWD 54227
28.2%
3
Costa Rica
KWD 54151
28.3%
4
Colombia
KWD 53055
29.7%
5
Chile
KWD 52782
30.1%
6
Panama
KWD 52432
30.6%
7
Mexico
KWD 50550
33.0%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 50551
33.0%
9
Argentina
KWD 49068
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 48657
35.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 47252
37.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 54974
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 53000
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 51388
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 51145
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 50244
33.4%
5
Mozambique
KWD 49748
34.1%
6
Zambia
KWD 46517
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 46440
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 46341
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 45646
39.5%
10
South Africa
KWD 44572
41.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 42616
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 72237
4.3%
1
Bahrain
KWD 71997
4.6%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 71717
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 71717
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 71074
5.9%
5
Oman
KWD 69453
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 56704
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 56677
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 45260
40.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 44026
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%.