Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,169,212 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,168,941 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
1,168,941 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 1,169,212 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 14,030,544 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,027,289 KWD per year, or 1,168,941 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 7489048
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6527228
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12625402
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11646359
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10946454
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9485788
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 9124086
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9121226
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 9120357
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8712789
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8561901
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8426062
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8283848
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7725519
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7569570
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7442087
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7323394
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1681476
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12418406
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10172317
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9421480
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9367429
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9121334
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9119851
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9072492
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8596127
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8565532
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8529967
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8425813
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8008121
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10207274
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9821536
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9573025
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9543614
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9281511
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9120532
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8628874
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8542875
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8503034
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8418677
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7719850
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7717895
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 14027289
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14026126
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13887499
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13329017
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13329017
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12908100
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10522993
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10522966
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8171588
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7022786
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%.