Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
125,309,340 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 125,309,069 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
125,309,069 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 125,309,340 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 1,503,712,080 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,503,708,825 KWD per year, or 125,309,069 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 801489306
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 698788196
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1330907230
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1090191430
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1009370211
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 1003729854
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 977414332
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 977412850
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 972151605
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 921026068
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 917235554
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 913302945
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 902234734
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 857819298
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1093950591
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1052598611
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1026019980
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1022824995
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 994705847
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 977413530
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 924783019
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 915535478
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 911232169
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 902227599
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 827044695
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 827042740
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1503707662
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1503708825
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1488672219
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1428526476
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1428526476
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1383415114
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1127784145
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 875777011
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 751863554
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%.