Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,030 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 3,028 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
3,028 KWD
Net pay
1.90 KWD
Tax the employer pays
1.56 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3.47 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1.90 KWD to pay you 3,030 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 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 6,302,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 6,299,145 KWD per year, or 524,929 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 3369947
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2935928
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 5670072
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 5231999
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 4918502
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 4261563
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 4100792
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4097932
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 4097064
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 3914900
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 3847733
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 3789176
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 3724320
40.9%
11
China
KWD 3475040
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 3404654
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 3346171
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 3294814
47.7%
15
India
KWD 792197
87.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 5578373
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 4569412
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 4233963
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 4208893
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4098040
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4096558
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4076247
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3862639
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3851549
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3836201
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3788926
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 3599485
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 6299145
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 6297982
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 6236636
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 5987280
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 5987280
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 5798208
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 4726885
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 4726858
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 3670640
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3158714
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%.