Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
855,504 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 855,233 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
855,233 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 855,504 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 10,266,048 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,262,793 KWD per year, or 855,233 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 5482571
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4777851
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 9237356
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 8521827
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8010147
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 6940989
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 6677163
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 6674303
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 6673435
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6375664
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6265558
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6167365
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6062833
40.9%
11
China
KWD 5655047
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 5540776
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5446904
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 5361012
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1248295
87.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9086522
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 7443057
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6894562
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 6854628
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6674411
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6672929
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6638746
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6290373
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6269280
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6243563
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 6167115
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5860608
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 7468603
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7186389
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7004416
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6983004
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6791297
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6673609
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6313709
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6250861
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6221795
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6159980
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5649378
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5647422
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 10262793
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 10261630
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 10160648
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9752746
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9752746
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 9444764
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7699621
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7699594
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5979108
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5140538
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%.