Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,159,700 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 8,156,445 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
8,156,445 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 8,159,700 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 8,159,700 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,156,445 KWD per year, or 679,704 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 4359888
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 3799023
53.4%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5936235
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5711945
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5567202
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5550266
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5397947
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5304483
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5018305
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4968411
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4945373
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4896171
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4490886
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4488931
45.0%
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%.