Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,225,000 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 1,224,937 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
1,224,937 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 1,225,000 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 63,700,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 63,696,745 KWD per year, or 5,308,062 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 33962868
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 29608823
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 56379898
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 46182672
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 42762102
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 42521791
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 41406480
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 41404998
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 41183795
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 39018669
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 38862709
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 38697208
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 38227486
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 36342807
43.0%
12
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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%.