Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
678,467 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 678,196 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
678,196 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 678,467 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 8,141,604 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,138,349 KWD per year, or 678,196 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 4350243
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3790614
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7206217
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5902835
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5468529
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5436562
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5293523
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5292040
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5265292
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4989151
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4973420
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4953260
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4892449
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4648687
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5923070
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5699278
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5554854
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5537957
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5385977
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5292721
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5007176
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4957394
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4934407
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4885313
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4480933
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4478978
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8138349
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8137186
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8057448
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7734524
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 7734524
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 7490276
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6106288
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6106261
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4741810
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4078316
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%.