Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,334 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 9,063 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.9%
97.1%
Net pay
2.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9,063 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 9,334 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.64 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.9% tax rate now rises to 6.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 112,008 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 108,753 KWD per year, or 9,063 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.9% 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 69310
38.1%
1
Canada
KWD 59228
47.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 99374
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 81378
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 78663
29.8%
3
Panama
KWD 76806
31.4%
4
Uruguay
KWD 76405
31.8%
5
Colombia
KWD 75558
32.5%
6
Chile
KWD 74691
33.3%
7
Mexico
KWD 74285
33.7%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 74159
33.8%
9
Argentina
KWD 72803
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 71023
36.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 68083
39.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 81539
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 78561
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 76226
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 76060
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 74399
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 73483
34.4%
6
Zambia
KWD 68974
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 68568
38.8%
8
Cameroon
KWD 68574
38.8%
9
Senegal
KWD 67556
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 64656
42.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 62700
44.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 108753
2.9%
1
Bahrain
KWD 108148
3.5%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 107590
3.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 106408
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 106408
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 103047
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 84091
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 84064
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 65293
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 63518
43.3%
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%.