Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,557,043,200 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,557,042,929 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
1,557,042,929 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 1,557,043,200 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 18,684,518,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 18,684,515,145 KWD per year, or 1,557,042,929 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.7% 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 9958859075
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 8682777616
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 16537312468
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 13546276012
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 12541986453
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 12471918073
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 12144938440
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 12144936958
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 12079542891
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 11444269939
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 11348237471
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 11210718526
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 10658867976
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 13592987189
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 13079163035
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 12748913652
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 12709209454
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 12359809227
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 12144937638
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 11490978906
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 11376069406
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 11322594629
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 11210711391
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 10276488171
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 18497670476
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 18684515145
1.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 18684513982
2.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 17750292480
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 17750292480
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 17189756928
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 14013388885
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10882050420
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 9342266714
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%.