Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,169,216 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,168,945 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
1,168,945 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 1,169,216 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 14,030,592 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,027,337 KWD per year, or 1,168,945 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 7489073
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6527250
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12625445
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11646399
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10946491
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9485821
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 9124117
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9121257
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 9120389
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8712819
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8561930
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8426091
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8283876
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7725546
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7569596
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7442113
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7323419
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1681481
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12418449
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10172351
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9421512
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9367461
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9121365
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9119883
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9072523
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8596156
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8565561
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8529996
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8425842
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8008148
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10207309
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9821570
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9573058
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9543647
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9281542
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9120563
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8628904
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8542904
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8503063
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8418706
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7719877
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7717921
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 14027337
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14026174
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13887546
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13329062
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13329062
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12908145
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10523029
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10523002
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8171616
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7022810
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%.