Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,249 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 59,978 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.5%
99.5%
Net pay
0.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
59,978 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 60,249 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.10 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 722,988 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 719,733 KWD per year, or 59,978 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.5% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 648602
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 601088
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 566560
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 489881
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 474174
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 471314
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 470446
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 451015
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 444292
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 441529
38.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 432523
40.2%
11
China
KWD 406364
43.8%
12
Japan
KWD 397751
45.0%
13
Australia
KWD 389083
46.2%
14
South Korea
KWD 386340
46.6%
15
India
KWD 150173
79.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 526027
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 506247
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 492947
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 491815
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 478562
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 470620
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 444727
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 440569
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 438815
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 434144
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 400695
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 398739
44.9%
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%.