Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
699,504 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 699,233 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
699,233 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 699,504 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 8,394,048 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,390,793 KWD per year, or 699,233 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 4484795
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3907925
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7552556
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6968067
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6549987
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5675517
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5460363
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5457503
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5456635
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5213464
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5123638
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5044165
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4958372
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4625447
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4531903
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4454744
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4385163
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1032883
87.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7429651
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6085857
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5637982
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5605068
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5457611
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5456129
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5428498
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5143773
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5127405
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5106585
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5043915
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4792697
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6106723
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5875989
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5727103
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5709670
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5552969
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5456809
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5162429
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5111094
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5087385
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5036780
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4619778
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4617822
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%.