Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,164,670 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,164,399 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
1,164,399 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 1,164,670 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 13,976,040 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,972,785 KWD per year, or 1,164,399 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 7459997
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6501899
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12370166
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10132801
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9384894
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9331048
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9085906
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9084424
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9037255
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8562743
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8532286
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8496863
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8393110
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7977028
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10167622
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9783383
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9535836
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9506541
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9245456
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9085104
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8595354
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8509690
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8470005
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8385975
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7689873
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7687918
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13972785
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13971622
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13833540
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13277238
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13277238
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12857957
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10482115
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10482088
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8139844
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6995534
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%.