Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
880,414 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 880,143 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
880,143 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 880,414 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 10,564,968 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,561,713 KWD per year, or 880,143 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 5641896
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 4916761
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9351091
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 7659774
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7095212
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 7054157
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 6868709
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6867227
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6831997
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6473461
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6451614
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6425115
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 6346467
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6031131
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 7686067
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7395633
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7208376
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7186329
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6989032
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6867907
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6497545
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6432859
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6402937
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6339332
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5813784
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5811828
45.0%
12
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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%.