Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,572,617,232 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,572,616,961 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
1,572,616,961 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 1,572,617,232 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 18,871,406,784 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 18,871,403,529 KWD per year, or 1,572,616,961 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 10058470584
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 8769625396
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 16702723826
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 13681770091
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 12667435281
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 12596666069
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 12266415890
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 12266414407
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 12200366231
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 11558739074
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 11461746000
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 11322851557
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 10765481258
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 13728948488
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 13209984904
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 12876432268
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 12836330933
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 12483435893
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 12266415088
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 11605915262
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 11489856398
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 11435846747
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 11322844421
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 10379276782
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 18682689976
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 18871403529
1.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 18871402366
2.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 17927836445
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 17927836445
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 17361694241
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 14153555173
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10990896084
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 9435710906
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%.