Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
738,000 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 737,729 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
737,729 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 738,000 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 8,856,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,852,745 KWD per year, or 737,729 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 4731016
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4122596
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7968312
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7351487
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6910310
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5987797
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5760632
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5757772
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5756904
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5500260
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5405429
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5321336
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5230919
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4879520
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4780862
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4699579
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4625972
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1086040
87.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7838516
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6420772
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5948067
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5913421
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5757880
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5756398
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5727149
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5426719
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5409184
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5387156
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5321086
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5056225
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6442793
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6199355
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6042305
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6023889
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5858550
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5757078
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5446530
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5392354
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5367323
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5313951
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4873851
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4871896
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8852745
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8851582
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8764700
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8413200
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8413200
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8147520
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6642085
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6642058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5157882
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4435514
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%.