Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
425,100 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 424,829 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
424,829 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 425,100 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 5,101,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,097,945 KWD per year, or 424,829 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2729707
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2377726
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4588992
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4235003
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3981566
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 3449552
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 3320012
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3317152
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 3316284
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 3169155
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 3115001
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 3068456
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 3015624
40.9%
11
China
KWD 2814380
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 2757293
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 2709535
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 2668644
47.7%
15
India
KWD 653975
87.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4515213
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3698542
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3427658
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 3407092
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 3317260
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3315778
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3299671
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3126904
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3118846
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3106641
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3068206
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2914243
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3711176
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3570995
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3480311
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3469874
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3374750
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3316458
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 3137328
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3106244
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 3091959
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 3061071
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2808711
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2806756
45.0%
12
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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%.