Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
625,505 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 625,234 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
625,234 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 625,505 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 7,506,060 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,502,805 KWD per year, or 625,234 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 4011498
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3495274
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6643709
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5442066
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5041920
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5012336
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4880419
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4878937
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4854413
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4599880
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4585753
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4567256
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4511122
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4286131
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5460712
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5254397
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5121207
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5105660
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 4965565
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 4879617
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 4616316
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4570443
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4549275
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4503987
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4131384
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4129429
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 7502805
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7501642
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7428260
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7130757
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 7130757
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 6905575
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5629630
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 5629603
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4371663
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3760544
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%.