Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,100,519 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 12,100,248 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
12,100,248 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 12,100,519 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 145,206,228 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 145,202,973 KWD per year, or 12,100,248 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
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 128519512
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 105274688
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 97473158
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 96927198
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 94385528
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 94384046
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 93877572
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 88941233
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 88579554
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 88200830
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 87131223
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 82839257
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 105637584
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 101644515
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 99077474
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 98769314
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 96054226
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 94384726
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 89301920
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 88409190
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 87993925
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 87124088
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 79866477
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 79864521
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 145201810
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 145202973
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 143751426
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 137945917
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 137945917
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 133589730
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 108904756
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 108904729
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 84569618
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 72610628
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%.