Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
624,632 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 624,361 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
624,361 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 624,632 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 7,495,584 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,492,329 KWD per year, or 624,361 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 4005914
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3490406
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 6743938
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6222342
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 5849185
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5068155
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 4876362
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4873502
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 4872633
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 4655668
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 4575575
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4505086
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4428287
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4131291
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4047695
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 3978559
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 3916805
47.8%
15
India
KWD 929497
87.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6634437
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5434471
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5034888
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5005343
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4873610
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4872127
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4847641
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4593464
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4579363
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4560894
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4504837
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4280155
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5453090
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5247064
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5114059
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5098534
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 4958635
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 4872808
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 4609874
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4564064
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4542927
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4497701
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4125622
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4123667
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 7492329
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7491166
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7417888
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7120805
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 7120805
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 6895937
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5621773
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 5621746
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4365562
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3755306
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%.