Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
639,947 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 639,676 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
639,676 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 639,947 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 7,679,364 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,676,109 KWD per year, or 639,676 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 6909340
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6374880
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 5992533
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5192391
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 4995819
34.9%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4992959
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 4992090
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 4769765
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 4687681
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4615354
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4536715
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4232370
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4146739
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4075962
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4012607
47.8%
15
India
KWD 950644
87.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6797097
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5567711
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5158251
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5128017
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 4993067
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 4991584
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 4966454
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 4706029
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 4691465
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4672514
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4615105
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4384995
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 7676109
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7674946
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7599831
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7295396
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 7295396
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 7065015
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5759608
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 5759581
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4472597
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3847196
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%.