Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
754,173 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 753,902 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
753,902 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 754,173 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 9,050,076 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,046,821 KWD per year, or 753,902 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 4834458
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4212784
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8142981
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7512571
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7061689
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6118992
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5886781
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5883921
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5883053
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5620749
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5523815
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5437782
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5345422
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4986262
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4885455
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4802439
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4727141
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1108372
87.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8010289
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6561477
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6078341
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6042967
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5884029
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5882547
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5852620
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5545590
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5527566
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5505030
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5437532
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5166938
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6583983
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6335209
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6174728
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6155900
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5986931
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5883228
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5565886
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5510517
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5484930
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5430396
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4980593
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4978637
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9046821
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9045658
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8956835
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8597572
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8597572
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8326070
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6787642
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6787615
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5270914
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4532552
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%.