Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,000 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 69,729 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
69,729 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 70,000 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 840,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 836,745 KWD per year, or 69,729 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 458488
45.4%
1
Canada
KWD 397529
52.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 743706
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 609172
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 567327
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 562741
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 547480
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 545998
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 544805
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 519616
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 518558
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 516919
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 511486
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 483377
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 611153
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 588155
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 572788
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 571406
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 555966
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 546678
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 516690
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 511812
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 509723
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 504351
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 465051
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 463096
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 836745
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 835582
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 828860
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 798000
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 798000
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 772800
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 630085
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 630058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 489283
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 427514
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%.