Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
875,342 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 875,071 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
875,071 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 875,342 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 10,504,104 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,500,849 KWD per year, or 875,071 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 5609455
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4888477
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 9451606
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 8719414
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8195831
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 7101915
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 6831900
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 6829040
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 6828171
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6523458
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6410772
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6310198
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6203283
40.9%
11
China
KWD 5785977
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 5669072
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5573074
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 5485107
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1275688
87.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9297221
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 7615648
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7054357
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 7013531
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6829148
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6827665
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6792649
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6436182
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6414488
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6388148
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 6309949
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5996410
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 7641789
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7353028
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7166847
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7144930
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6948771
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6828346
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6460114
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6395802
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6366054
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6302813
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5780308
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5778353
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 10500849
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 10499686
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 10396323
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9978899
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9978899
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 9663776
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7878163
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 7878136
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6117754
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5259566
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%.