Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,448 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,177 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.2%
95.8%
Net pay
4.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,177 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 6,448 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.93 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.2% tax rate now rises to 8.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 77,376 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 74,121 KWD per year, or 6,177 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.2% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 50201
35.1%
1
Canada
KWD 43135
44.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 68722
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 56270
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 55416
28.4%
3
Uruguay
KWD 55371
28.4%
4
Colombia
KWD 54237
29.9%
5
Chile
KWD 53912
30.3%
6
Panama
KWD 53690
30.6%
7
Mexico
KWD 51774
33.1%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 51769
33.1%
9
Argentina
KWD 50292
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 49811
35.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 48327
37.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 56344
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 54319
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 52669
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 52430
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 51490
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 50973
34.1%
6
Zambia
KWD 47676
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 47582
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 47488
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 46776
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 45608
41.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 43652
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 74121
4.2%
1
Bahrain
KWD 73862
4.5%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 73507
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 73507
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 72958
5.7%
5
Oman
KWD 71186
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 58117
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 58090
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 46202
40.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 45123
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%.