Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
748,355 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 748,084 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
748,084 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 748,355 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 8,980,260 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,977,005 KWD per year, or 748,084 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 4797246
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4180340
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8080146
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7454623
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7007232
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6071796
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5841401
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5838541
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5837673
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5577404
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5481228
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5395892
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5304231
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4947863
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4847829
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4765437
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4690747
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1100339
87.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7948496
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6510861
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6031477
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5996365
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5838649
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5837167
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5807484
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5502828
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5484980
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5462626
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5395642
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5127111
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6533192
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6286337
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6127090
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6108411
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5940748
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5837847
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5522949
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5468009
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5442623
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5388507
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4942194
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4940239
45.0%
12
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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%.