Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
254,148 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 250,893 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.3%
98.7%
Net pay
1.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
250,893 KWD
Net pay
3,960 KWD
Tax the employer pays
3,255 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,215 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,960 KWD to pay you 254,148 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.28 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.3% tax rate now rises to 2.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 254,148 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 250,893 KWD per year, or 20,908 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.3% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 221109
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 207131
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 204589
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 195370
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 148677
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 147120
42.1%
6
Switzerland
KWD 143426
43.6%
7
Greece
KWD 142954
43.8%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 138355
45.6%
9
Norway
KWD 138019
45.7%
10
Spain
KWD 137069
46.1%
11
Austria
KWD 136086
46.5%
12
Luxembourg
KWD 134883
46.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 134139
47.2%
14
Netherlands
KWD 131162
48.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 130028
48.8%
16
Germany
KWD 127372
49.9%
17
Ireland
KWD 126538
50.2%
18
France
KWD 117856
53.6%
19
Italy
KWD 117563
53.7%
20
Finland
KWD 98277
61.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 96669
62.0%
22
Portugal
KWD 94237
62.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 146229
42.5%
1
Canada
KWD 125281
50.7%
2
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%.