Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
722,935 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 722,664 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
722,664 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 722,935 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 8,675,220 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,671,965 KWD per year, or 722,664 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 4634660
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4038587
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7678511
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6289707
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5826719
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5792750
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5640373
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5638891
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5610275
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5315991
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5298913
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5277357
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5212618
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4953096
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6311276
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6072809
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5918954
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5900923
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5738964
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5639571
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5335350
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5282286
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5257772
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5205483
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4774422
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4772467
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8671965
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8670802
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8585728
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8241459
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8241459
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 7981202
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6506500
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6506473
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5052594
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4345124
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%.