Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
977,749 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 977,478 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
977,478 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 977,749 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 11,732,988 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,729,733 KWD per year, or 977,478 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 6264450
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5459544
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10384883
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8506589
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7879246
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 7833811
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 7627922
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7626440
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7587122
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7188874
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7164078
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7134523
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7047279
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6697445
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 11729733
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11728570
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11612918
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11146339
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11146339
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 10794349
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8799826
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 8799799
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6833468
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5874008
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%.