Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
464,825 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 464,554 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
464,554 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 464,825 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 5,577,900 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,574,645 KWD per year, or 464,554 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 2983788
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2599250
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 5018022
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4630664
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 4353392
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 3771801
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 3629867
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3627007
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 3626139
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 3465106
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 3405788
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 3354476
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 3296872
40.9%
11
China
KWD 3076565
44.8%
12
Japan
KWD 3014201
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 2962186
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 2917142
47.7%
15
India
KWD 708829
87.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4937132
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 4044150
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3747643
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 3725289
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 3627115
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3625633
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3607858
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3418882
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3409622
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3396169
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3354226
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 3186183
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 4057975
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3904685
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3805575
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3794126
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3690087
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3626313
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 3430498
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3396482
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 3380833
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 3347091
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 3070896
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 3068941
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 5574645
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5573482
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5519381
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 5299005
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 5299005
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 5131668
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 4183510
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 4183483
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 3248684
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2796464
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%.