Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,365 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,094 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
6,094 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 6,365 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.94 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.3% tax rate now rises to 9.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 76,380 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 73,125 KWD per year, or 6,094 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 49653
35.0%
1
Canada
KWD 42672
44.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 66654
12.7%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 64403
15.7%
2
Singapore
KWD 62144
18.6%
3
Thailand
KWD 53879
29.5%
4
Taiwan
KWD 53564
29.9%
5
Indonesia
KWD 52774
30.9%
6
Pakistan
KWD 51019
33.2%
7
China
KWD 50729
33.6%
8
Vietnam
KWD 50151
34.3%
9
New Zealand
KWD 49861
34.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 49724
34.9%
11
Philippines
KWD 49579
35.1%
12
Japan
KWD 48934
35.9%
13
South Korea
KWD 48285
36.8%
14
Australia
KWD 46380
39.3%
15
India
KWD 38486
49.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 67841
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 55548
27.3%
2
Uruguay
KWD 54766
28.3%
3
Costa Rica
KWD 54748
28.3%
4
Colombia
KWD 53612
29.8%
5
Chile
KWD 53314
30.2%
6
Panama
KWD 53025
30.6%
7
Mexico
KWD 51127
33.1%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 51125
33.1%
9
Argentina
KWD 49645
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 49201
35.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 47759
37.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 55620
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 53621
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 51992
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 51751
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 50831
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 50325
34.1%
6
Zambia
KWD 47063
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 46978
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 46882
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 46179
39.5%
10
South Africa
KWD 45060
41.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 43105
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 73125
4.3%
1
Bahrain
KWD 72876
4.6%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 72561
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 72561
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 71962
5.8%
5
Oman
KWD 70270
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 57370
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 57343
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 45704
40.2%
9
Turkey
KWD 44543
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%.