Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
978,952 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 975,697 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
975,697 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 978,952 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.07 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 978,952 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 975,697 KWD per year, or 81,308 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% 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 532549
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 462101
52.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 866690
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 709912
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 660599
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 655492
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 637799
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 636317
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 634638
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 604374
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 602952
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 602027
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 594858
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 562644
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 712241
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 685422
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 667598
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 665921
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 647883
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 636997
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 602145
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 596413
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 593926
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 587722
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 541475
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 539519
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 975697
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 974534
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 966423
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 930004
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 930004
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 900636
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 734299
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 734272
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 570210
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 496990
49.2%
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%.