Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,373,840 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,373,569 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
1,373,569 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 1,373,840 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 16,486,080 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,482,825 KWD per year, or 1,373,569 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 8797848
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 7668325
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 14591754
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 11952580
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11069759
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 11006499
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 10717432
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 10715950
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 10659996
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 10100143
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 10063350
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 10021361
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 9899134
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9408918
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 11993676
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 11540411
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 11248499
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 11213870
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 10905848
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 10716630
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10139029
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10037928
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 9991060
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 9891999
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9070395
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 9068440
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 16482825
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16481662
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 16318479
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 15661776
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 15661776
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 15167194
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 12364645
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 12364618
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 9601717
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8250554
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%.