Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,250 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 6,114 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.2%
97.8%
Net pay
2.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,114 KWD
Net pay
165 KWD
Tax the employer pays
136 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
301 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 165 KWD to pay you 6,250 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.48 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.2% tax rate now rises to 4.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 150,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 146,745 KWD per year, or 12,229 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.2% 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 90319
39.8%
1
Canada
KWD 76883
48.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 133000
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 108922
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 104165
30.6%
3
Panama
KWD 102166
31.9%
4
Uruguay
KWD 99480
33.7%
5
Mexico
KWD 98980
34.0%
6
Colombia
KWD 98733
34.2%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 98720
34.2%
8
Argentina
KWD 97498
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 97486
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 94294
37.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 89756
40.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 109178
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 105155
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 102068
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 101983
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 99531
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 98178
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 92340
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 91705
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 91591
38.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 90351
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 85551
43.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 83596
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 146745
2.2%
1
Bahrain
KWD 145760
2.8%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 145582
3.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 142500
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 142500
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 138000
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 112585
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 112558
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 87420
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 82514
45.0%
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%.