Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,153,836 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,153,565 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
1,153,565 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 1,153,836 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 13,846,032 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,842,777 KWD per year, or 1,153,565 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 7390703
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6441484
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10073041
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9692378
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9447128
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9418109
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9159456
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9000599
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8515399
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8430535
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8391222
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8307970
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7618369
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7616413
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13842777
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13841614
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13704832
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13153730
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13153730
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12738349
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10384609
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10384582
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8064126
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6930530
50.0%
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%.