Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,050 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 12,037 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,037 KWD
Net pay
15.23 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.52 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 15.23 KWD to pay you 12,050 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,133,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,129,745 KWD per year, or 260,812 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 1680657
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1463095
53.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 2773197
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2271597
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2106504
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 2093319
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 2037930
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2036448
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2027230
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 1921381
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 1918291
38.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1911235
39.0%
10
Chile
KWD 1887286
39.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1791453
42.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2279311
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2193255
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2137359
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2131105
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2072785
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2037128
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1926885
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1907905
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1899253
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1880151
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1726201
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1724246
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3129745
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3128582
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3098930
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2976350
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2976350
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2882360
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2349835
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2349808
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1824749
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1574014
49.8%
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%.