Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
734,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 734,129 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
734,129 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 734,400 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 8,812,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,809,545 KWD per year, or 734,129 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 4707990
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4102521
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7929432
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7315631
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6876614
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5958593
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5732552
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5729692
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5728824
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5473440
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5379077
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5295416
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5205431
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4855760
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4757580
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4676683
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4603453
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1081069
87.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7800280
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6389452
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5919069
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5884585
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5729800
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5728318
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5699221
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5400259
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5382833
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5360918
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5295166
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5031580
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8809545
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8808382
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8721932
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8372160
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8372160
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8107776
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6609685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6609658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5132722
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4413914
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%.