Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
685,724 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 685,453 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
685,453 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 685,724 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 8,228,688 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,225,433 KWD per year, or 685,453 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 4396658
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3831082
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7283294
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5965971
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5526984
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5494690
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5350127
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5348645
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5321592
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5042490
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5026539
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5006152
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4944699
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4698365
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5986424
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5760237
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5614274
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5597192
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5443583
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5349325
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5060733
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5010415
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4987179
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4937564
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4528830
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4526874
45.0%
12
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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%.