Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
345,176 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 345,040 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
345,040 KWD
Net pay
165 KWD
Tax the employer pays
136 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
301 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 165 KWD to pay you 345,176 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 8,284,224 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,280,969 KWD per year, or 690,081 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 4426259
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3856890
53.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7453714
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6876913
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6464324
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 5601276
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 5388978
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5386118
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 5385249
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5145282
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5056646
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4978270
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4893576
40.9%
11
China
KWD 4565043
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 4472715
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 4396538
46.9%
14
South Korea
KWD 4327913
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1020246
87.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7332448
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6006235
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5564263
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 5531761
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 5386226
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5384743
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5357496
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 5076506
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 5060415
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5039882
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 4978021
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4730046
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 8280969
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8279806
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8198642
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7870013
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 7870013
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 7621486
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6213253
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 6213226
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4824874
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4149626
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%.