Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
796,224 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 795,953 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
795,953 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 796,224 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 9,554,688 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,551,433 KWD per year, or 795,953 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 5103416
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4447279
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8456911
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6927321
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6417062
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6379795
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6212027
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6210545
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6178851
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5854665
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5835367
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5811511
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5740299
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5454802
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6951089
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6688437
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6519037
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6499137
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6320732
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6211225
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5876223
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5817750
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5790719
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5733164
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5258130
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5256174
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9551433
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9550270
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9456401
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9076954
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9076954
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8790313
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7166101
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7166074
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5564805
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4784858
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%.