Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,171,336,608 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,171,336,337 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
1,171,336,337 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 1,171,336,608 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 14,056,039,296 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,056,036,041 KWD per year, or 1,171,336,337 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.3% 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 7491879712
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6531904863
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12440733554
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10190628662
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9435119855
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9382408271
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 9136427022
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9136425540
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9087231150
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8609326487
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8537084403
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8433631064
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8018482643
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10225768641
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9839227663
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9590786647
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9560917967
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9298070300
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9136426221
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8644464257
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8558019903
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8517791834
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8433623928
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7730824664
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7730822708
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 13915476163
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 14056036041
2.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14056034878
3.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13353237331
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13353237331
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12931556152
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10542029557
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8186377905
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7028027162
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%.