Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
930,479 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 930,208 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
930,208 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 930,479 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 11,165,748 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,162,493 KWD per year, or 930,208 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 5962111
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5195946
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 10047086
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 9268578
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8711913
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 7549186
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 7261968
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 7259108
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 7258240
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6934228
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6814375
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6707185
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6593647
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6149882
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6025650
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5923745
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 5830013
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1351823
87.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9882830
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8095340
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7498486
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 7455178
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 7259216
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7257734
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7220402
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6841439
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6818075
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6790004
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 6706935
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6373855
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8123135
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7816179
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7618304
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7594980
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7386448
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7258414
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6867025
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6798644
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6767002
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6699800
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6144213
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6142257
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 11162493
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11161330
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11051351
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 10607461
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 10607461
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 10272488
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8374396
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 8374369
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6503102
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5590388
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%.