Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
693,000 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 692,729 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
692,729 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 693,000 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 8,316,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,312,745 KWD per year, or 692,729 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 4443196
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3871656
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7482312
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6903287
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6489110
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5622757
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5409632
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5406772
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5405904
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5165010
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5076029
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4997336
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4912324
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4582520
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4489840
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4413379
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4344477
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1023902
87.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7360572
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6029272
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5585592
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5552971
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5406880
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5405398
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5378039
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5095969
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5079797
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5059182
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4997086
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4748173
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6049943
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5821355
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5673849
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5656581
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5501340
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5406078
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5114430
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5063575
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5040089
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4989951
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4576851
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4574896
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8312745
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8311582
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8230100
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7900200
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 7900200
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 7650720
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6237085
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6237058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4843380
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4165514
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%.