Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,119,749 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,119,478 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
1,119,478 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 1,119,749 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 13,436,988 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,433,733 KWD per year, or 1,119,478 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
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12091202
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11153708
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10483480
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9084545
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8738274
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8735414
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8734546
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8344290
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8199832
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8069929
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7933656
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7399064
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7249686
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7127503
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7013981
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1613175
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11893061
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9741989
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9023056
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8971231
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8735522
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8734040
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8688758
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8232574
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8203477
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8169465
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8069679
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7669518
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9775462
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9406047
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9168027
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9139877
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8888873
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8734720
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8263837
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8181488
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8143346
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8062544
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7393395
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7391439
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13433733
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13432570
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13299878
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12765139
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12765139
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12362029
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10077826
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10077799
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7825895
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6726008
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%.