Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
438,100 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 437,829 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
437,829 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 438,100 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 5,257,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,253,945 KWD per year, or 437,829 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 2812855
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2450220
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4653286
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3811642
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3532373
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 3511222
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 3418660
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3417178
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3400525
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3222454
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3214003
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3201389
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3161806
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 3003235
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3824666
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3680195
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3586754
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3575986
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3477944
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3417858
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 3233268
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3201224
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 3186493
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 3154671
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2894511
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2892556
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 5253945
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5252782
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5201888
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4994340
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 4994340
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 4836624
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 3942985
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 3942958
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 3061905
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2636114
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%.