Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
730,600 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 730,329 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
730,329 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 730,600 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 8,767,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,763,945 KWD per year, or 730,329 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 4683685
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4081331
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7759920
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6356392
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5888460
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5854147
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5700160
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5698678
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5669740
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5372329
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5355018
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5333222
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5267806
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5005567
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6378191
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6137195
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5981714
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5963488
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5799809
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5699358
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5391918
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5338288
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5313511
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5260671
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4825011
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4823056
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8763945
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8762782
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8676788
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8328840
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8328840
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8065824
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6575485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6575458
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5106164
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4391114
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%.