Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,620,739,576 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,620,739,305 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
1,620,739,305 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 1,620,739,576 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 19,448,874,912 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 19,448,871,657 KWD per year, or 1,620,739,305 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 10366261096
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9037977145
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 17213829894
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 14100434483
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 13055060762
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 12982126045
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 12641770173
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 12641768691
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 12573699376
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 11912438302
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 11812477042
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 11669332434
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 11094906613
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 14149056552
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 13614212594
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 13270453209
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 13229124753
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 12865431060
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 12641769371
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 11961058160
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 11841447868
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 11785785503
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 11669325298
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 10696884253
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 19254383423
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 19448871657
1.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 19448870494
2.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 18476431166
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 18476431166
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 17892964919
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 14586656269
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 11327219296
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 9724444970
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%.