Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
793,736 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 793,465 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
793,465 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 793,736 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 9,524,832 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,521,577 KWD per year, or 793,465 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 5087503
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4433405
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8570261
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7906618
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7431999
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6439927
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 6195373
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 6191645
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 6192513
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5915493
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5813417
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5722635
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5625523
40.9%
11
China
KWD 5247378
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 5141314
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5054060
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4974625
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1163003
87.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6929368
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6667538
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6498666
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6478829
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6300982
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6191819
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5857861
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5799572
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5772627
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5715250
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5241709
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5239753
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9521577
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9520414
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9426844
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9048590
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9048590
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8762845
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7143709
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7143682
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5547416
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4769930
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%.