Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,360 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 8,089 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
3.2%
96.8%
Net pay
3.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8,089 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 8,360 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.72 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.2% tax rate now rises to 6.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 100,320 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 97,065 KWD per year, or 8,089 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.2% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 62846
37.4%
1
Canada
KWD 53797
46.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 89030
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 72904
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 70817
29.4%
3
Uruguay
KWD 69306
30.9%
4
Panama
KWD 69005
31.2%
5
Colombia
KWD 68429
31.8%
6
Chile
KWD 67678
32.5%
7
Mexico
KWD 66688
33.5%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 66602
33.6%
9
Argentina
KWD 65206
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 63865
36.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 61416
38.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 73036
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 70379
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 68276
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 68085
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 66668
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 65886
34.3%
6
Zambia
KWD 61786
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 61486
38.7%
8
Cameroon
KWD 61458
38.7%
9
Senegal
KWD 60543
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 58227
42.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 56272
43.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 97065
3.2%
1
Bahrain
KWD 96577
3.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 95902
4.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 95304
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 95304
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 92294
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 75325
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 75298
24.9%
8
Turkey
KWD 58486
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 57674
42.5%
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%.