Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
928,720 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 928,449 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
928,449 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 928,720 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 11,144,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,141,385 KWD per year, or 928,449 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 5950861
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5186137
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9864147
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8080036
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7484317
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 7441088
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 7245496
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7244014
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7206755
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6828511
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6805200
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6777184
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 6694270
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6361814
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8107779
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7801403
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7603901
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7580622
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7372485
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7244694
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6854043
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6785792
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6754211
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6687135
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6132603
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6130648
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 11141385
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11140222
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11030454
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 10587408
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 10587408
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 10253069
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8358565
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 8358538
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6490809
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5579834
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%.