Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,005,600 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,005,329 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,005,329 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 1,005,600 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,067,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,063,945 KWD per year, or 1,005,329 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 10498464
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 9834768
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 9714096
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 9291420
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 7059312
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 6946063
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 6758263
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 6553645
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 6393472
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 6374537
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 6351685
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 6256230
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 6251610
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 6184973
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 6096753
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 6037668
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 5916112
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 5853749
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 5796803
52.0%
19
France
KWD 4996646
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 4512376
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 4447843
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 4346936
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6442585
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5614854
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10680688
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8748892
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8103585
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8056897
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 7845160
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7843678
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7803190
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7393579
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7367939
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7337510
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7247806
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6888102
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8778941
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8447195
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8233387
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8208148
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7982759
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7844358
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7421418
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7347493
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7313271
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7240671
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6640011
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6638056
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 12063945
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12062782
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11943788
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11463840
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11463840
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11101824
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9050485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9050458
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7028117
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6041114
49.9%
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%.