Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
611,004 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 610,733 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
610,733 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 611,004 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 7,332,048 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,328,793 KWD per year, or 610,733 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 3918749
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3414410
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 6596756
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6086607
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 5721627
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 4957605
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 4770063
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4767203
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 4766335
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 4554140
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 4475818
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4406965
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4331802
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4041347
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 3959561
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 3891884
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 3831556
47.7%
15
India
KWD 910679
87.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6489695
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5315907
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 4925115
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 4896183
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4767311
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4765829
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4741915
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4493298
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4479610
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4461568
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4406715
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4186863
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5334118
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5132589
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5002474
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 4987297
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 4850456
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 4766509
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 4509299
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4464495
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4443826
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4399580
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4035678
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4033722
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 7328793
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7327630
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7255988
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6965446
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 6965446
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 6745484
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5499121
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 5499094
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4270317
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3673538
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%.