Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,081,454 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,081,183 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
1,081,183 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 1,081,454 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 12,977,448 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,974,193 KWD per year, or 1,081,183 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 6927748
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6037850
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11677616
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10772289
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10125039
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8773895
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8439573
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8436713
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8435845
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8058992
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7919512
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7794205
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7662532
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7146317
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7002027
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 6883946
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6774429
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1560296
88.0%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9441147
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9084369
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8854472
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8827298
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8584888
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8436019
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7981220
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7901697
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7864871
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7786820
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7140648
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7138692
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12973030
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 12974193
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12844934
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12328576
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12328576
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11939252
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9733171
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9733144
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7558254
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6496238
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%.