Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
587,200 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 586,929 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
586,929 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 587,200 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 7,046,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,043,145 KWD per year, or 586,929 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 3766499
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3281668
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 6339672
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 5849519
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 5498822
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 4764507
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 4584392
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4581532
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 4580664
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 4376800
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 4301573
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4235576
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4163273
40.9%
11
China
KWD 3884240
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 3805617
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 3740491
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 3682651
47.7%
15
India
KWD 877809
87.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6236873
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5108812
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 4733373
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 4705513
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4581640
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4580158
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4557243
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4318339
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4305372
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4288077
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4235326
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4023911
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5126309
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 4932635
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 4807569
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 4792999
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 4661499
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 4580838
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 4333626
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4290579
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4270727
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4228191
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 3878571
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 3876616
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 7043145
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7041982
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 6973196
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6694080
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 6694080
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 6482688
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5284885
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 5284858
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4103953
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3530714
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%.