Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,040 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 78,769 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
78,769 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 79,040 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.08 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 948,480 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 945,225 KWD per year, or 78,769 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% 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 516308
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 447940
52.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 839720
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 687820
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 640145
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 635151
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 617992
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 616510
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 614938
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 585787
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 584445
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 583363
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 576574
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 545261
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 690072
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 664091
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 646806
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 645194
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 627725
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 617190
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 583405
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 577860
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 575460
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 569439
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 524715
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 522760
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 945225
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 944062
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 936255
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 901056
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 901056
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 872602
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 711445
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 711418
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 552463
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 481754
49.2%
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%.