Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
823,645 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 823,374 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
823,374 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 823,645 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 9,883,740 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,880,485 KWD per year, or 823,374 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 5278801
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4600191
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8748149
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 7165884
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6637938
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6599438
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6425911
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6424429
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6391583
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6056209
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6036081
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6011364
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 5937730
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5642514
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 9880485
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9879322
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9782163
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9389553
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9389553
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 9093041
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7412890
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7412863
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5756448
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4949384
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%.