Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
417,744 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 417,473 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
417,473 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 417,744 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 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,012,928 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,009,673 KWD per year, or 417,473 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 2682658
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2336705
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4437086
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3634545
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3368405
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 3348171
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 3259883
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3258401
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3242603
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3072837
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3065002
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3053028
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3015243
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2863886
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3646958
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3509205
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3420081
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3409832
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3316358
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3259081
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 3083040
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3052499
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 3038467
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 3008108
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2760162
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2758206
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 5009673
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5008510
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4960059
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4762282
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 4762282
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 4611894
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 3759781
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 3759754
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2919638
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2513978
49.9%
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%.