Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
795,859 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 795,588 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
795,588 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 795,859 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 9,550,308 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,547,053 KWD per year, or 795,588 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 5101082
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4445244
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8593190
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7927763
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7451870
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6457149
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 6211932
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 6208204
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 6209072
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5931309
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5828957
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5737921
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5640553
40.9%
11
China
KWD 5261390
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 5155044
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5067562
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4987906
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1165934
87.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8453034
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6924146
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6414122
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6376872
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6209180
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6207698
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6176020
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5851982
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5832696
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5808851
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5737671
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5452303
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6947902
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6685371
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6516048
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6496158
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6317835
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6208378
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5873529
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5815083
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5788065
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5730536
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5255721
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5253765
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9547053
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9545890
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9452065
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9072793
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9072793
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8786283
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7162816
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7162789
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5562254
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4782668
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%.