Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,108,805 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,108,534 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
1,108,534 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 1,108,805 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 13,305,660 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,302,405 KWD per year, or 1,108,534 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 7102685
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6190371
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11973006
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11044705
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10381044
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8995767
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8652911
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8650051
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8649183
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8262757
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8119722
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7991132
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7856174
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7326833
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7178909
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7057899
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6945522
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1598063
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11776825
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9646776
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8934902
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8883569
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8650159
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8648677
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8603855
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8152135
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8123370
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8089701
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7990882
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7594600
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9679921
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9314117
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9078419
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9050548
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8802000
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8649357
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8183070
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8101529
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8063763
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7983747
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7321164
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7319209
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13302405
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13301242
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13169864
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12640377
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12640377
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12241207
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9979330
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9979303
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7749408
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6660344
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%.