Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
22,850 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 22,787 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
22,787 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 22,850 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.06 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,188,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,184,945 KWD per year, or 98,745 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 644078
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 559339
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1067292
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 987213
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 929426
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 804364
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 776562
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 773702
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 772834
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 739834
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 728071
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 720656
39.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 706993
40.5%
11
China
KWD 662230
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 648467
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 635645
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 628849
47.1%
15
India
KWD 203705
82.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1051892
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 861617
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 801057
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 795165
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 773810
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 772328
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 769917
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 732010
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 730191
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 730041
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 720406
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 682013
42.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1184945
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1183782
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1173578
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1128790
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1128790
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1093144
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 891235
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 891208
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 692078
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 601614
49.4%
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%.