Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,250,001 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 10,249,730 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
10,249,730 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 10,250,001 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 123,000,012 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 122,996,757 KWD per year, or 10,249,730 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 107010010
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 100245010
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 99015010
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 94709685
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 71955007
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 70792889
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 68880638
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 67089681
45.5%
8
Switzerland
KWD 65091351
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 64969249
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 64702344
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 63719427
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 63659340
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 63006534
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 62117823
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 61514534
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 60193939
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 59628430
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 59044553
52.0%
19
France
KWD 50811898
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 45978950
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 45293305
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 44282748
64.0%
23
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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%.