Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,057,618 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,057,347 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
1,057,347 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 1,057,618 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 12,691,416 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,688,161 KWD per year, or 1,057,347 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 6775292
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5904930
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11420187
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10534883
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 9901934
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8580538
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8253652
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8250792
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8249924
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 7881414
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7745033
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7622586
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7493776
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6988999
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6847876
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 6732350
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6625324
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1527382
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11233169
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9201449
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8522590
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8473561
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8250900
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8249418
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8206746
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7775911
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7748696
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7716634
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7622336
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7244195
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12686998
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 12688161
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12561762
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12056845
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12056845
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11676103
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9518647
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9518620
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7391666
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6353222
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%.