Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
748,780 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 748,509 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
748,509 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 748,780 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 8,985,360 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,982,105 KWD per year, or 748,509 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 4799965
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4182710
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8084736
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7458856
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7011210
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6075244
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5844716
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5841856
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5840988
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5580571
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5484339
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5398952
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5307240
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4950668
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4850577
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4768140
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4693406
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1100926
87.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7953010
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6514558
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6034900
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5999769
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5841964
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5840482
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5810781
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5505952
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5488091
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5465724
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5398702
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5130020
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6536903
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6289907
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6130570
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6111880
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5944122
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5841162
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5526086
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5471114
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5445713
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5391567
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4944999
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4943044
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8982105
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8980942
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8892767
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8536092
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8536092
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8266531
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6739105
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6739078
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5233222
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4500194
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%.