Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,045,470 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,045,199 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
1,045,199 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 1,045,470 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 12,545,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,542,385 KWD per year, or 1,045,199 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6697594
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5837187
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11288988
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10413889
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 9788229
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8481993
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8158898
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8156038
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8155170
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 7790911
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7656109
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7535120
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7407769
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6908822
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6769313
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 6655088
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6549333
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1510608
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11104146
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9095761
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8424738
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8376256
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8156146
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8154664
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8112502
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7686623
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7659776
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7628096
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7534870
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7161035
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9127006
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8782103
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8559838
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8533582
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8299247
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8155344
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7715658
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7638791
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7603200
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7527735
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6903153
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6901198
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 12542385
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12541222
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12417444
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11918358
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11918358
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11541989
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9409315
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9409288
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7306765
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6280334
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%.