Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,226,384 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 11,226,113 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
11,226,113 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 11,226,384 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 134,716,608 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 134,713,353 KWD per year, or 11,226,113 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 71814720
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 62610524
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 119235348
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 97669713
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 90432001
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 89925377
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 87567275
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 87565793
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 87096033
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 82516341
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 82181138
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 81829855
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 80837451
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 76855296
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 98006385
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 94301781
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 91920144
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 91634275
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 89115342
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 87566473
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 82850803
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 82022585
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 81637341
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 80830316
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 74097186
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 74095230
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 134712190
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 134713353
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 133366702
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 127980778
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 127980778
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 123939279
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 101037541
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 101037514
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 78460358
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 67365818
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%.