Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
783,213 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 782,942 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
782,942 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 783,213 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 9,398,556 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,395,301 KWD per year, or 782,942 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8456613
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7801809
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7333503
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6354565
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 6113293
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 6109565
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 6110433
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5837097
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5736388
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5646870
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5551021
40.9%
11
China
KWD 5177926
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 5073260
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4987134
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4908799
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1148472
87.8%
16
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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%.