Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,216,540 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,216,269 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
1,216,269 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 1,216,540 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 14,598,480 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,595,225 KWD per year, or 1,216,269 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 7791758
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6791150
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12921076
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10584070
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9802707
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9746526
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9490492
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9489010
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9439663
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8943988
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8911959
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8874909
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8766574
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8332108
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10620447
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 10219091
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9960542
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9929924
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9657200
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9489690
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8978155
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8888662
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8847197
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8759439
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 8032215
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 8030260
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 14595225
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14594062
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 14449755
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13868556
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13868556
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13430602
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10948945
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10948918
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8502360
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7306754
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%.