Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,845,355 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 1,842,100 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,842,100 KWD
Net pay
3,960 KWD
Tax the employer pays
3,255 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,215 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,960 KWD to pay you 1,845,355 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.04 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,845,355 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,842,100 KWD per year, or 153,508 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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 994342
46.1%
1
Canada
KWD 864722
53.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1633527
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1338055
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1242172
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1233816
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1200961
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1199479
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1194767
35.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 1132859
38.6%
8
Peru
KWD 1132698
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1129171
38.8%
10
Chile
KWD 1114699
39.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1056897
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1342549
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1291904
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1258766
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1255249
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1221008
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1200159
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1134983
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1123922
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1118956
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1107564
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1017996
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 1016041
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1842100
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1840937
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1824162
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1753087
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1753087
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1697727
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1384101
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1384074
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1074812
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 930191
49.6%
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%.