Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,784,615 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 15,784,344 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
15,784,344 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 15,784,615 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 189,415,380 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 189,412,125 KWD per year, or 15,784,344 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 100969165
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 88029263
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 167648192
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 137326323
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 127148551
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 126436807
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 123121477
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 123119995
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 122458789
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 116019339
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 115546077
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 115051701
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 113656714
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 108059031
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 137799742
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 132590921
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 129242484
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 128840380
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 125298580
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 123120675
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 116490548
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 115325932
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 114784140
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 113649579
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 104181510
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 104179555
45.0%
12
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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%.