Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
65,940 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 65,669 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.4%
99.6%
Net pay
0.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
65,669 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 65,940 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 791,280 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 788,025 KWD per year, or 65,669 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.4% 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 432520
45.3%
1
Canada
KWD 374889
52.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 700585
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 573850
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 534624
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 530220
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 515812
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 514330
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 513308
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 489898
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 488968
38.2%
9
Peru
KWD 487078
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 482254
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 455584
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 575709
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 554051
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 539545
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 538267
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 523738
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 515010
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 486727
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 482149
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 480199
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 475119
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 438255
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 436300
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 788025
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 786862
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 780627
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 751716
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 751716
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 727978
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 593545
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 593518
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 460908
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 403154
49.1%
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%.