Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,721 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 12,708 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,708 KWD
Net pay
15.23 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.52 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 15.23 KWD to pay you 12,721 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,307,460 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,304,205 KWD per year, or 275,350 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 2877490
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2695580
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2662505
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2546420
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1934864
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1904439
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 1852809
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1773455
46.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1758431
46.8%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1747643
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1744061
47.3%
11
United Kingdom
KWD 1718444
48.0%
12
Spain
KWD 1718685
48.0%
13
Denmark
KWD 1698094
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1673084
49.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 1656972
49.9%
16
Austria
KWD 1630097
50.7%
17
Germany
KWD 1607465
51.4%
18
Ireland
KWD 1592128
51.9%
19
France
KWD 1378874
58.3%
20
Belgium
KWD 1237994
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1222507
63.0%
22
Portugal
KWD 1193429
63.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1773644
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1544168
53.3%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3304205
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3303042
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3271646
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3142087
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 3142087
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 3042863
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2480680
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2480653
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1926357
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1661244
49.8%
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%.