Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
811,500 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 811,229 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
811,229 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 811,500 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 9,738,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,734,745 KWD per year, or 811,229 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 5201122
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4532465
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8619157
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 7060222
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6540110
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6502156
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6331180
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6329698
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6297362
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5966944
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5947183
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5922847
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5850286
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5559375
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 7084448
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6816755
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6644115
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6623826
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6441993
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6330378
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5988960
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5929359
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5901804
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5843151
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5358951
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5356996
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9734745
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9733582
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9637880
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9251100
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9251100
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8958960
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7303585
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7303558
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5671567
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4876514
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%.