Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,016,059,200 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,016,058,929 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
1,016,058,929 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 1,016,059,200 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 12,192,710,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,192,707,145 KWD per year, or 1,016,058,929 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.7% 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 6498725411
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 5666008471
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10791536552
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8839715212
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8184360333
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8138636233
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 7925263240
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7925261758
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7882589019
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 7468037539
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7405372964
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 7315633726
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6955518725
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8870196869
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8534897435
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8319390758
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8293481652
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8065478235
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7925262438
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7498516986
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7423532105
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7388636883
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7315626591
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6705993771
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6705991816
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 12070780556
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 12192707145
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12192705982
3.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11583074880
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11583074880
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11217293568
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9144532885
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7101156523
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6096362714
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%.