Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
487,489 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 487,218 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
487,218 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 487,489 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 5,849,868 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,846,613 KWD per year, or 487,218 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 3128747
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2725635
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 5262794
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4856398
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 4565527
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 3955651
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 3806646
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3803786
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 3802918
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 3633953
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 3571689
38.9%
9
Taiwan
KWD 3517657
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 3457331
40.9%
11
China
KWD 3226148
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 3160772
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 3106329
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 3058915
47.7%
15
India
KWD 740124
87.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 5177845
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 4241327
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3930201
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 3906828
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 3803894
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3802412
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3783685
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3585463
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3575516
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3561352
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3517407
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 3341331
42.9%
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%.