Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
566,402 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 566,131 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
566,131 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 566,402 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% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 6,796,824 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 6,793,569 KWD per year, or 566,131 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 3633475
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 3165689
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6015978
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 4927870
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 4565846
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 4538921
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4419416
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4417933
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4395892
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4165473
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4153136
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4136495
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 4085581
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 3881537
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 4944743
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 4757932
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 4637277
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 4623238
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 4496405
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 4418614
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 4180136
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4138624
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4119487
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4078445
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 3741304
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 3739349
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 6793569
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 6792406
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 6726116
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6456983
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 6456983
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 6253078
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5097703
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 5097676
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 3958597
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3405926
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%.