Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
976,986 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 976,715 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
976,715 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 976,986 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 11,723,832 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,720,577 KWD per year, or 976,715 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 10199734
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 9554923
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 9437685
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 9027026
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 6858442
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 6748440
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 6565977
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 6366269
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 6211786
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 6193170
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 6171073
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 6078366
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 6073917
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 6009094
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 5923352
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 5865952
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 5748107
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 5687301
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 5631987
52.0%
19
France
KWD 4854835
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 4384025
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 4321415
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 4223323
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6259570
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5455289
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10376779
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8499950
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7873100
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 7827699
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 7621971
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7620489
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7581203
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7183266
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7158493
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7128962
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7041786
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6692222
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8529141
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8206838
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7999098
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7974589
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7755621
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7621169
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7210246
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7138433
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7105194
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7034650
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6451159
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6449203
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 11720577
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11719414
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11603854
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11137640
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11137640
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 10785925
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8792959
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 8792932
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6828136
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5869430
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%.