Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,131,828 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,131,557 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
1,131,557 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 1,131,828 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 13,581,936 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,578,681 KWD per year, or 1,131,557 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7249940
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6318758
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12221655
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11274014
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10596540
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9182529
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8832490
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8829630
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8828762
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8434278
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8288250
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8156898
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8019174
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7478785
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7327802
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7204325
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7089541
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1629854
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12021352
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9847076
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9120352
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9067983
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8829738
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8828256
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8782467
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8321354
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8291892
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8257500
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8156648
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7752206
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13578681
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13577518
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13443377
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12902839
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12902839
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12495381
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10186537
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10186510
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7910314
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6798482
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%.