Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,068,725 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,068,454 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
1,068,454 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 1,068,725 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 12,824,700 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,821,445 KWD per year, or 1,068,454 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 6846333
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5966867
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11540142
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10645508
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10005896
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8670638
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8340287
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8337427
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8336559
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 7964161
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7826336
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7702556
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7572412
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7062305
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6919706
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 6802990
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6694803
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1542719
88.0%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9330022
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8977445
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8750248
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8723399
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8483845
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8336733
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7887280
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7808697
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7772307
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7695171
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7056636
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7054681
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12820282
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 12821445
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12693713
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12183465
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12183465
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11798724
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9618610
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9618583
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7469292
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6419864
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%.