Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,640 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,369 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.1%
95.9%
Net pay
4.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,369 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 6,640 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.91 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.1% tax rate now rises to 8.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 79,680 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 76,425 KWD per year, or 6,369 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.1% 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 51469
35.4%
1
Canada
KWD 44205
44.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 70762
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 57940
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 56963
28.5%
3
Uruguay
KWD 56770
28.8%
4
Colombia
KWD 55684
30.1%
5
Chile
KWD 55294
30.6%
6
Panama
KWD 55227
30.7%
7
Mexico
KWD 53272
33.1%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 53259
33.2%
9
Argentina
KWD 51790
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 51223
35.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 49641
37.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 58020
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 55931
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 54236
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 54002
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 53014
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 52470
34.2%
6
Zambia
KWD 49093
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 48978
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 48891
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 48159
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 46875
41.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 44920
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 76425
4.1%
1
Bahrain
KWD 76143
4.4%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 75696
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 75696
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 75262
5.5%
5
Oman
KWD 73306
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 59845
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 59818
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 47354
40.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 46465
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%.