Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
591,934 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 591,798 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
591,798 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 591,934 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 14,206,416 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,203,161 KWD per year, or 1,183,597 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 12359582
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 11578229
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 11436165
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 10938616
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 8310753
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 8177278
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 7956224
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 7721015
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 7525395
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 7504471
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 7476912
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 7364344
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 7358654
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 7280714
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 7177057
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 7107478
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 6962799
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 6890734
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 6823627
52.0%
19
France
KWD 5880143
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 5312012
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 5235503
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 5117053
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7582787
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6608956
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12574067
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10299824
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9539534
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9484824
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9235650
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9234168
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9186193
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8703848
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8672810
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8636785
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8531336
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8108450
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 14203161
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14201998
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 14061612
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13496095
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13496095
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13069903
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10654897
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10654870
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8274018
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7110722
50.0%
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%.