Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,173,889 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,173,618 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
1,173,618 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 1,173,889 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 14,086,668 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,083,413 KWD per year, or 1,173,618 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 7518962
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6553309
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12675914
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11692942
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10990231
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9523728
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 9160566
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9157706
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 9156838
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8747633
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8596137
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8459737
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8316960
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7756388
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7599817
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7471833
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7352651
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1687934
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12468080
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10213007
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9459153
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9404892
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9157814
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9156332
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9108776
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8630503
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8599766
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8564054
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8459487
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8040138
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 14083413
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14082250
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13943062
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13382335
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13382335
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12959735
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10565086
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10565059
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8204275
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7050848
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%.