Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
792,000 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 791,729 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
791,729 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 792,000 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 9,504,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,500,745 KWD per year, or 791,729 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 5076400
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4423725
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8551512
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7889327
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7415750
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6425845
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 6181832
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 6178104
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 6178972
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5902560
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5800709
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5710136
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5613232
40.9%
11
China
KWD 5235920
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 5130087
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5043019
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4963766
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1160606
87.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8412048
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6890572
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6383037
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6345961
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6179080
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6177598
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6146081
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5823619
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5804449
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5780725
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5709886
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5425886
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6914213
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6652955
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6484451
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6464659
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6287202
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6178278
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5845050
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5786888
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5760003
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5702751
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5230251
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5228296
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9500745
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9499582
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9406220
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9028800
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9028800
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8743680
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7128085
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7128058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5535283
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4759514
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%.